Paralegal professor appointed adjudicator

Dalton Burger, a Paralegal professor in the School of Justice & Emergency Services, has been appointed to the Council of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). The CNO is a quasi-judicial administrative law body which regulates the profession of nursing in the public interest.

In addition to teaching administrative law, Professor Burger will serve as an adjudicator of discipline or complaints at the CNO with respect to the suspension and revocations of nursing certificates of registration to practice in Ontario. Professor Burger will also serve as a member of the CNO’s board of directors, which is responsible for ensuring that individuals have access to services provided by competent health professionals and that individuals are treated with sensitivity and respect in their dealings with health professionals. In addition, this board oversees nursing standards of practice; entry to practice requirements standards of professional ethics; and promotes and develops standards for continuing competence among the members.

Prof Burger is a former director, Complaints and Discipline with the College of Early Childhood Educators and a former president and chief executive officer of Electronics Product Stewardship Canada.

His community involvement includes serving as a board member of the Durham Community Legal Clinic, Waste Diversion Ontario and Ontario Electronic Stewardship. He holds a Master of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall, a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of Ottawa.