March 9, 2023

These particulars are posted following the issuance of an administrative penalty by the Superintendent of Private Career Colleges pursuant to s. 39 (1) of the Act for which a review was not requested.

Original service date: February 21, 2023

Saamer Musa and Amjad Steitieh, Directors
Shear Brilliance Barber Academy Inc.
o/a Artisan Barber Academy
940 Brock Road, Unit 5
Pickering, Ontario
L1W 2A1

Description

Private Career Colleges Act, 2005, s. 8 (1) Prohibition against providing vocational programs:

The Superintendent believes that the Business offers an unapproved vocational program.

The Business operates the website artisanbarberacademy.com. The Business offers the provision of several barbering workshops through its website. The barbering workshops are within the meaning of vocational program for the purposes of the Act. The Business is not registered as a private career college, and the barbering workshops are not approved.

The Business offers the provision of an unapproved vocational program while not registered as a private career college contrary to s. 8 (1) of the Act.

Original amount

$1,000 Per s. 51 (3) of O. Reg. 415/06 above penalty would accrue daily.

Description

Private Career Colleges Act, 2005,s. 11 (2) Restrictions on advertising and soliciting:

The Superintendent believes that the Business advertises the provision of an unapproved vocational program on its website artisanbarberacademy.com. The barbering workshops are within the meaning of vocational program for the purposes of the Act. The Business is not registered as a private career college, and the barbering workshops are not approved.

The Business advertises the provision of an unapproved vocational program while not registered as a private career college contrary to s. 11 (2) of the Act.

Original amount

$1,000 Per s. 51 (3) of O. Reg. 415/06 above penalty would accrue daily.

Description

Failure to comply with an order of the Superintendent made under s. 46 of the Act:

The Superintendent believes that the Business has contravened an order made under s. 46 of the Act. On July 29, 2021, the Superintendent ordered the Business to stop the offering and advertising of unapproved vocational program contrary to s. 8 (1) and 11 (2) of the Act.

As detailed above and document in Schedule A, the Business has contravened those sections and therefore has failed to comply with the July 29, 2021, order.

Original amount

$1,000 Per s. 51 (3) of O. Reg. 415/06 above penalty would accrue daily.

Total

$3,000 per day

Daily penalty

Subsection 51 (3) of Ontario Regulation 415/06 provides that if one or more of the above noted contraventions continues for two or more successive days, the administrative monetary penalty provided in the table above for that contravention will accumulate daily until compliance with the Act and its Regulations is reported.

As of March 8, 2023, the Business confirmed actions taken to come into compliance with the Act. At that time the above noted Administrative Monetary Penalties accrued for a total of fourteen days, providing a total penalty of:

Total penalty

$3,000 per day for 14 days = $42,000