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  • Reinstatement – Insight and Currency

    Typically, the success of a reinstatement application by a former registrant will depend on the insight they demonstrate and the established currency of their knowledge, skill and judgment. This truism was illustrated in Shanks v Nova Scotia College of Nursing, 2025 NSSC 250 (CanLII). The applicant’ … Read more »

  • Operationalizing Good EDI Practices

    In recent years, many regulators in Canada and globally have implemented policies, commitments and strategies for supporting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (“EDI”) within their regulatory organizations and in the industries or professions which they regulate. Recently, the Professional Standards Au … Read more »

  • Strategic Thinking

    When Cary Coglianese sits back and reflects, regulators sit up and listen. Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania. In a recent interview he contemplated the main challenges for regulators … Read more »

  • A Judicial Warning

    Courts rarely give warnings to regulators about future potential problem areas. Courts tend to decide individual matters on specific facts. However, in Welkoff v. Ontario (Health Professions Appeal Review Board), 2025 ONSC 4515 (CanLII), Ontario’s Divisional Court gave regulators a “heads up” about … Read more »

  • Wording Standards of Practice

    An important professional regulation tool is the publication of standards of practice (or other types of advisory statements) guiding registrants. However, to be effective, standards must be clearly worded because ambiguity can undermine the ability of the regulator to enforce them. This point is il … Read more »