Standards of Practice Committee

Chair: Sandie Sidsworth, RSSW

The mandate of the Standards of Practice Committee is to:

  • Consider and review the Standards of Practice of the College and guidelines which relate to the Standards of Practice of the College.
  • Recommend to Council a process for consulting the members of the College in connection with the Standards of Practice of the College and guidelines which relate to the Standards of Practice of the College.
  • Implement, or cause to be implemented, in accordance with Council’s direction, a consultation process in connection with the Standards of Practice of the College and guidelines which relate to the Standards of Practice of the College.
  • Recommend, for the approval of Council, changes to the Standards of Practice of the College and adoption of guidelines which relate to the Standards of Practice of the College.
  • Recommend, for the approval of the Registrar or Council, printed and other materials which they consider appropriate in order to communicate standards of practice and guidelines to members of the College.
  • Perform such other duties as may from time to time be determined by Council.

In 2022, the Standards of Practice Committee:

  • Met with Educational Services Consulting (ESC) to review the emerging themes from the environmental scan and provide feedback on the stakeholder consultation process that was conducted for Phase 1 of the review of the Standards of Practice.
  • Reviewed ESC’s progress reports for the stakeholder consultation and the updated work plan for the review of the Standards of Practice.
  • Discussed the recommendations in the Stakeholder Consultation Report from Phase 1 of the review of the Standards of Practice and provided their comments to Council along with ESC’s final report. As part of Phase 2 of the project, staff made draft revisions to the Standards of Practice to reflect the recommendations from the Phase 1 report and the Standards of Practice Committee, and to address other issues identified by legal counsel and College staff.