Left to right: Board of Directors members Normand Beaudry, Tim D'Souza, Stanislav Belevici (Chair, Board of Directors), Jennifer Henry, Richard Dennis, Gagan Jot (Jyoti) Singh, Ben Rempel, and Marty Baram
The College Board of Directors convened on December 5, 2024 following the Annual General Meeting of licensees. All Directors attended either in person or via Zoom. Ms. Chelsea Douglas, Director, Migration Control and Horizontal Policy and Mr. Peter Christensen, Assistant Director, Admissibility, both from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) attended the meeting as Ministerial Observers pursuant to s. 76 of the College Act.
The Board of Directors approved the following items of interest to licensees:
- The appointments and reappointments of the members of the Board Standing Committees, the Tribunal Committee, and reappointment of the Independent Complaints Review Officer were approved.
- The re-appointment of Doane Grant Thornton, LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as Auditor of the College for the financial year-ended June 30, 2025, was approved.
- The approval of proposed amendments to the Code of Professional Conduct for College Licensees to provide authority for the College to take certain actions in respect of a licensee who is deemed “incapable.”
Other items before the Board of Directors included:
- Review and discussion of recommendations contained in the Independent Complaints Review Officer’s Q4 Report, 2024, on professional conduct activities.
- A discussion on the anticipated College Act Regulations and College By-laws.
Full minutes of this Board meeting will be posted on the College website upon approval by the Board at its next meeting to be scheduled on an approved date in March 2025.
Note that College Board meetings are open to the public and licensees who wish to observe.