Dispute Resolution Program Reports

The Dispute Resolution Program (DR) is an alternative program designed to resolve complaints about members by establishing outcomes that serve the public interest while avoiding need for a formal hearing. The program is voluntary and without prejudice to the member's or the College's legal positions if negotiations do not result in an acceptable outcome. DR is available to participants at all stages of the complaint process.
The College monitors compliance with all agreements and, in many cases, publishes the member's name to ensure accountability and protection of the public.

Member's Name: JASON DONALD OYSTON
Registration Number: 277194
Decision: Certificates of Qualification and Registration Cancelled

Following a report from the Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Catholic District School Board, the Registrar initiated a complaint against Jason Donald Oyston regarding allegations involving sexual intercourse and other sexual acts with a female secondary school student.

The Investigation Committee ratified a memorandum of agreement between the member and the Registrar in which Oyston agreed to:

• resign his membership in the College
• the cancellation of his certificate by the Registrar
• not reapply for membership in the College for three years
• not teach in any elementary, secondary, public, private or separate school
• the publication of his name, a summary of the complaint and the nature of the resolution in Professionally Speaking
• a notation on the public register that on November 29, 2002, he resigned his membership in the College and that the Registrar cancelled his certificate. The notation also states that, at the time of his resignation, a professional misconduct investigation was in progress regarding the member's inappropriate sexual relationship with a female student
• College notification of the cancellation of the member's certificate to his former employer and the education authorities routinely informed of such disciplinary action.

Member's Name: SHANNON LEE BROWN
Registration Number: 283739
Decision: Certificates of Qualification and Registration Cancelled

On February 22, 2002, following a school board notification, the Registrar initiated a complaint against Shannon Lee Brown for allegedly engaging in an inappropriate relationship of a sexual nature with an adult male student.

The terms of an agreement between the Registrar and the member, ratified by the College's Investigation Committee, follow. Brown agreed to:

• resign her membership in the College
• the cancellation of her certificate by the Registrar
• not to reapply for College membership for five years
• not teach in any elementary, secondary, public, private or separate school
• the publication of her name, a summary of the complaint and its resolution in Professionally Speaking
• the College notifying education authorities routinely informed ofsuch disciplinary action of the cancellation of the member's certificate.

Member's Name: PAUL JOHN OLIVERIO
Registration Number: 139273
Decision: Certificates of Qualification and Registration Cancelled

Following notice from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the Registrar initiated a complaint against Paul John Oliverio for alleged sexual abuse of several male students receiving special education services. Oliverio denied the allegations and criminal proceedings did not occur as a result of these matters.

The College's Investigation Committee ratified an agreement between the Registrar and the member in which Oliverio agreed to:

• resign his membership in the College and never reapply
• not teach in any elementary, secondary, public, private or separate school
• the publication of his name, a summary of the complaint and the nature of the resolution
• a notation on the public registerindicating that the member resigned his membership in the College and that the Registrar cancelled his certificate. The notation also states that on May 24, 2001, a professional misconduct complaint was under investigation regarding the member's alleged inappropriate behaviour
• the College notifying education authorities routinely informed of such disciplinary action of the cancellation of the member's certificate.
  

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