Council Meetings

At its February 28– March 1, 2019, meeting, College Council:

• welcomed newest publicly appointed Council members Vincent Rinaldo, OCT, of Stoney Creek, and Bob Cooper, OCT, of North York;
• received a presentation from Ontario Teachers’ Federation president Diane Dewing about proposed changes to Council’s governance structure;
• recommended to the Minister of Education that the College’s Act be amended to reduce the composition of Council from 37 to 18 members*;
• recommended to the Minister of Education that the College’s Act be amended to establish a Council with an equal number of members from the profession and appointed members;
• recommended that the Minister of Education amend the College’s Act to provide Council with the authority to establish a selection process for Council members;
• recommended asking the Minister of Education to amend the College’s Act to establish statutory, regulatory and the Standards of Practice and Education committees with individuals other than Council members, who would be selected following a robust, transparent process;
• recommended asking the Minister of Education to amend the College’s Act to ensure equal representation of professional and public members on each statutory committee;
• recommended asking the Minister of Education to amend the College’s Act to establish staggered, threeyear terms for Council and committee members, renewable up to one time (six years);
• recommended that the Minister of Education amend the College’s Act and regulation to establish twoyear, renewable terms for Council and committee chair positions;
• recommended asking the government that the Council Chair position be full-time, a member of Council selected by Council, with duties focused on ensuring an effective Council;
• recommended that the Minister of Education make regulation changes to establish the Executive Committee as a committee of the whole, comprising all Council members;
• agreed to the Governance Committee establishing tools for formal annual review of the effectiveness of Council, committees and chairs;
• recommended that internationally educated teachers also complete accredited teacher education programs (as Ontario teachers do) in order to be licensed;
• confirmed the appointment of College members to the roster of panellists for the Discipline Committee and Investigation Committee; and
• agreed to rename two committees — the Finance Committee to the Audit and Finance Committee and the Governance Committee to the Governance and Nominating Committee — and to adjust their mandates in the bylaws.

* This reduction reflects a contemporary model of governance with a smaller policy-making board with committees and rosters to carry out its work. The approach is in line with similar changes in professional regulatory bodies nationally and internationally.