How are hearings scheduled?
Hearings are scheduled by the Tribunals’ Office.
Often, a member will communicate with College Counsel about the dates they are available for a hearing. Parties should contact the Tribunals’ Office once they have discussed their availability. The Tribunals’ Office will confirm the hearing dates, and all formal communication regarding scheduling a hearing will be sent to both parties.
If the parties do not have any scheduling discussions or if a party is unresponsive, the hearing dates will be set at a set date hearing. Either party can ask the Tribunals’ Office for a set date hearing. At the set date hearing, the parties will appear before a panel and make their requests about when they want to have the hearing regarding the allegations made against the member. A court reporter and support staff from the Tribunals’ Office will also attend the set date hearing.
To contact the Tribunals’ Office for scheduling purposes, email tribunals@oct.ca.
Other Resources
Members might find the following resources useful when preparing for their hearing:
- Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and Fitness to Practise Committee
- Ontario College of Teachers Act
- Practice Direction for Electronic Proceedings
- CanLII for similar cases [use search term ONOCT]
- National Self-Represented Litigants Project: The CanLII Primer | CanLII)
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