The College uses Dispute Resolution (DR) to help resolve complaints regarding members of the profession. DR is voluntary and without prejudice to the parties. The outcomes of the process are similar to those that would be expected following a full investigation and/or contested hearing.
Summaries of the cases reported here are based on facts derived from agreements signed by the College Registrar and the member, which are ratifed by the Investigation Committee. Publication is a provision of the agreements.
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Member: Not identified
Decision: Admonishment, conditions
The Investigation Committee admonished a London Catholic DSB elementary principal for inappropriate conduct that entailed regularly telling risqué jokes to colleagues and touching their feet, arms and legs unnecessarily.
The committee ratified a memorandum of agreement in which the member agreed to acknowledge his conduct and complete a course on appropriate professional boundaries and communication with colleagues.
Member: Anthony Thomas Convay, OCT
Registration number: 430905
Decision: Admonishment, undertaking, conditions
The Investigation Committee admonished former Avon Maitland DSB long-term occasional teacher Anthony Thomas Convay for engaging in a consensual sexual relationship with an 18-year-old female student with whom he now resides and whom he supports. The board dismissed Convay and no criminal charges were laid following a police investigation.
The committee ratified a memorandum of agreement in which Convay undertook not to teach for 18 months and to complete a course on appropriate student-teacher boundaries at his own expense. He must also provide the College’s Registrar with a psychologist’s or psychiatrist’s written report stating that he is not at risk of repeating the offence.#ps
When the Discipline Committee finds a member guilty of professional misconduct, the member’s name may be published in Professionally Speaking. If a similar matter is disposed of by the Investigation Committee or DR at the investigation stage, and the result is a caution, the name of the member is not published. The College monitors compliance with all agreements reached through DR.
