THE DISCIPLINE FILE
Case No. 17-017-RDO continued
Mr. Olutoyin Okelana also acknowledges that the conduct described above contravenes section 44(1)(b) and Rule of Conduct #3 of the Code of Ethics: 3 Professional engineers and geoscientists shall conduct themselves with integrity, honesty, fairness and objectivity in their professional activities. F. RECOMMENDED ORDERS On the recommendation of the Investigative Commit- tee, and by agreement of Mr. Olutoyin Okelana, and following a discussion and review with the Discipline Committee’s Case Manager, the Discipline Committee hereby orders that: 1. Mr. Olutoyin Okelana write the National Profes- sional Practice Exam within one calendar year of this Recommended Order being approved by the APEGA Discipline Committee Case Manager. 2. If Mr. Olutoyin Okelana does not successfully complete the National Professional Practice Exam, his professional membership with APEGA will be suspended until such successful completion is achieved. 3. If this order is not completed within the one-year timeline, Mr. Olutoyin Okelana’s professional membership with APEGA will be suspended until he successfully completes the National Professional Practice Exam. 4. This matter and its outcome will be published by APEGA as deemed appropriate, and such publication will name Mr. Olutoyin Okelana. Signed, OLUTOYIN OKELANA, P.ENG. KAREN DEMONTARNAL, P.ENG. Panel Chair, APEGA Investigative Committee RALPH HILDENBRANDT, P.ENG. Panel Chair, APEGA Discipline Committee Date: December 6, 2017
10.The Member was acting with the intent to support who he thought was a reputable person who needed his support to obtain his professional membership. The Member had no ulterior motive and no financial gain through this act. 11. This experience was the only time the Member provided a reference of any kind to an applicant applying for their APEGA professional membership. 12.The Member has cooperated with the APEGA investigation and admitted that he provided a false reference for the applicant’s May 2015-to-October 2016 work term with [Company B]. D. PANEL FINDINGS 1. The Panel determined there was sufficient evidence to suggest that Mr. Olutoyin Okelana, P.Eng., provided a false/fraudulent supervisor reference for the applicant’s claimed Canadian work experience with [Company B] from May 2015–October 2016. 2. By stating he was the applicant’s supervisor for this essential, and only, one-year workterm of Canadian experience, Mr. Olutoyin Okelana, the Panel finds, significantly misled the BOE in the final vital element they required to grant the applicant his professional designation. 3. By affirmatively stating that the applicant’s work experience record was accurate and valid, as a trusted APEGA member, Mr. Olutoyin Okelana, the Panel finds, significantly misled the BOE in the final vital element they required to grant the applicant his professional designation. E. CONDUCT Mr. Olutoyin Okelana, P.Eng., freely and voluntarily admits that he provided a false reference for the applicant’s May 2015-to-October 2016 work term with [Company B], on the applicant’s APEGA application. Mr. Olutoyin Okelana acknowledges that the conduct described above constitutes unprofessional conduct as defined in the Act .
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