Responsibility for assessing the substantial equivalence of foreign credentials
Registration committees must, in assessing the substantial equivalence of foreign credentials, be transparent, objective,...
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Registration: Insight into past misconduct and good character
Most if not all self-regulated professions require members to have good character. Applicants need...
Read More2012 Professional Regulatory Round-Up
Since professional regulatory bodies are creatures of statute, one might mistakenly think that all...
Read MoreRegistration: Educational credentials and policy-based requirements – can regulators go beyond their bylaw requirements?
Professional regulatory bodies routinely review applicants’ educational backgrounds as part of their registration assessments....
Read MoreDisciplining for Incivility in the Courtroom – Law Society of Upper Canada v. Groia
Over the past year the Canadian legal profession has grappled with a number of...
Read MoreThe relationship between “professional misconduct”, civil wrongs like negligence, and “satisfactory conduct”: Complainant v. College of Dental Surgeons of BC, 2009-HPA-0090(b)
When a complaint alleges a mistake by a professional that essentially amounts to an...
Read MoreThe Wright case: a panel discussion continued
Last month, we asked two human rights lawyers to provide their perspective on the...
Read MoreUnresolved criminal proceedings, and a regulator’s ability to gather Crown evidence and proceed to discipline (despite delay)
An Ontario regulatory college properly waited several years until the end of criminal proceedings...
Read MoreMinimum standards for addressing credibility in discipline reasons
When a disciplinary panel finds against a registrant based on credibility, the panel needs...
Read MoreThe Wright case: a panel discussion
In our last release we promised that we would blog about the recent decision...
Read MoreHow human rights affect discipline for misconduct “caused” by addictions: the Wright case
The ability of a professional regulatory body to discipline registrants for wrongs flowing from...
Read MoreIncreasing scopes of practice: professional interest or public interest?
Our last two blog releases set out a short quiz on the public interest...
Read MoreNews and Events: Whistle Blowing Webinar
Whistle Blowing: On October 2, 2012, Lisa C. Fong will be a co-presenter for...
Read MoreNews and Events – Professional Regulation Webinar 2013: Human Rights and the Charter [updated Jan 8, 2013]
Come join Angela Westmacott and Lisa Fong on January 16, 2013 for a 2-hour...
Read MoreConfidentiality and FIPPA: considerations for regulatory bodies as requesters and disclosers of information
In this blog entry we continue to respond to the numerous questions we received...
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