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Governing Ourselves

Governing Ourselves informs members of legal and regulatory matters affecting the profession. This section provides updates on licensing and qualification requirements, notification of Council resolutions and reports from various Council committees, including reports on accreditation and discipline matters.

New Council Member

Pier-Olivier Arsenault, OCT

A profile photo of Pier-Olivier Arsenault.

The College Council welcomes new Council member Pier-Olivier Arsenault, who was appointed on September 29, 2016, to fill a vacancy in the Southeast Region Full-time position.

Pier-Olivier Arsenault, OCT, is a Special Education teacher with the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. Since beginning his teaching career in 2009 with the Conseil scolaire Viamonde, Arsenault has taught a variety of subjects such as physical education, arts, sciences, English and kindergarten in two French-language public schools located in Hamilton and Orangeville.

In 2013, Arsenault was hired as a long-term supply teacher by the Conseil des écoles publique de l’Est de l’Ontario to work in a public elementary school in Ottawa as a school leader for the ALF-PANA programs to support the integration of new arrivals and French proficiency for francophones. He was then hired as a full-time teacher in Trenton, where he has worked as a resource classroom teacher and Special Education resource teacher.

In addition to teaching, Arsenault has served as a school union representative and bargaining committee member for Conseil scolaire Viamonde Local 58, a secretary-clerk for Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est, a language monitor, a teacher’s assistant, a library activity leader, and taught French for one year to civil servants. He has also served as a member of review committees for the HIV/AIDS Online School Support Kit, and Steps to Inclusion for Ophea, a not-for-profit organization that champions healthy, active living in schools and communities.

He holds a BA and a B.Ed. from the University of Ottawa and is enrolled in the Master of Arts Counselling Psychology program through Yorkville University.