A teacher formerly employed by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board has been found guilty of professional misconduct by the Ontario College of Teachers.
At a July 14 hearing, John Patrick Joseph Doyon’s certificate of qualification and registration was suspended for four months (effective July 29), and he was issued a reprimand by the Ontario College of Teachers.
The regulatory body also said on its website that Doyon’s certificate of qualification and registration will be subject to terms, conditions or limitations, although it did not state what those measures were.
In spite of these measures, the Ontario College of Teachers still lists Doyon’s status with the college as being “in good standing.”
Doyon is listed by the Ontario College of Teachers as having received his education diploma at the University of Toronto in 2007. He received a number of teaching qualifications in technological education.
The Ontario College of Teachers did not state on its website where Doyon taught, although web postings by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board show he was a teacher at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School as of 2018, and he was employed by the Catholic board as of 2020, when he appeared on the Sunshine List.
Sudbury.com reached out to the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, asking if Doyon was still employed by the board, as well as when he was most recently employed by SCDSB, and at what school.
We received only the following brief written response.
“The individual is no longer an employee at Sudbury Catholic Schools,” the statement said. “As this is a personnel matter, it is inappropriate for us to provide further comment.”
Documentation associated with Doyon’s hearing before the Ontario College of Teachers alleged he abused students verbally, physically and psychologically or emotionally.
It also alleges he committed acts “that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional,” and that he “engaged in conduct unbecoming a member.”
The documentation also lays out the particulars of the allegations against Doyon, which occurred in the 2018–2019 school year.
Among the allegations:
- He allegedly made inappropriate physical contact with a student or students, including flicking or pulling students’ ears, hitting students’ hands with keys, poking students with a stick and kicking a student’s foot.
- He allegedly made inappropriate comments, including stating “next time you knock on that door, I’ll knock your head into it,” stating he would break their arms if they were not paying attention, stating he would tape their mouths shut, referring to students as “dumb,” “morons,” “dumbasses,” idiots,” “losers,” and or “stupid,” or words to that effect and referring to a female student as “cute,” or words to that effect.
- He also allegedly asked a student, in front of his peers, if he had lost his way to the “autism spectrum disorder class”, and told a student that a female student was “out of his league,” and he was never going to “get with her,” or words to that effect.
- He also allegedly referred to students as “fat,” and referred to a student as “immature.”
Doyon’s full file with the Ontario College of Teachers can be found here.
