By Dr. Bob Uttl Sunlight is the best disinfectant. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in his 1913 essay, What Publicity Can Do. Inside the College of Alberta Psychologists’ Public Protection Breakdown When we trust a clinical registered psychologist with a PhD to conduct a formal diagnostic assessment, we assume they possess a deep understanding …
The College of Alberta Psychologists’ “Accurate” Public Register, the Myth of Wet-Ink Signatures, and a Cartel-Like Focus on Protecting Members By Dr. Bob Uttl. The Trigger: A “Lapse” Confirmed in Tribunal On June 5, 2026, I formally notified the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) of a critical compliance issue. Just one day prior, on June …
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He who pays the piper calls the tunes. By Dr. Bob Uttl Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) are presumed to be objective, impartial assessments conducted by neutral experts. However, lifting the hood on Dr. John Braxton Suffield’s fitness for duty (FFD) IME of Ms. T reveals something entirely different. Documentary evidence and under-oath testimony before the …
By Dr. Bob Uttl In our last post, we looked at how School District No. 5 (SD5) HR Director Brent Reimer blindly accepted a psychological report declaring an average Canadian woman “unfit to teach,” admitting under oath that he “didn’t give it much thought, honestly.” But if you think that administrative “head-in-the-sand” approach is unique …
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By Dr. Bob Uttl In a spectacular cross-examination exchanges at recent tribunal hearings, the gap between administrative accountability and rubber-stamped “expert opinions” was laid bare. Mr. Brent Reimer, Director of Human Resources for School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay), was cross-examined about Dr. John Braxton Suffield’s 2011 Report on Ms. T (Dr. Suffield is registered …
If you torture the data long enough, it will confess. Ronald H. Coase By Dr. Bob Uttl Dr. John Braxton Suffield criticized Dr. Mary Westcott’s use of simple, age-based discrimination methods and argued for use of the advanced discrimination methods in fitness for duty assessments that incorporate not only employee’s age but other demographic factors …
By Dr. Bob Uttl On July 22, 2025, Dr. Kyle Brauer Boone, California Board of Psychology registered psychologist, wrote an ex parte, secret email and the Declaration (made under penalty of perjury) to the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) in an attempt to influence the Ms. T’s (Complainant/Plaintiff) judicial proceedings in favor of the …
By Dr. Bob Uttl In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape have full swing. Only in proportion as publicity has place can any of the checks applicable to judicial injustice operate. Where there is no publicity there is no justice. Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the …
By Dr. Bob Uttl (March 26, 2024) On October 13, 2021, two “independent experts”, Dr. Mary Westcott, R. Psych. (Mandel & Associates Ltd) and Dr. J. Braxton Suffield, R. Psych. (J. B. Suffield and Associates) swore nearly verbatim identical affidavits (Dr. Mary Westcott’s Affidavit, Dr. John Braxton Suffield’s Affidavit) in support of the School District …