Concerns About ODA Election Process
The 2025 Spring elections for the ODA Board of Directors was a wake up call to our ODA leadership. Many Component societies, through their General Councillors had been unhappy with the government negotiations on the CDCP, provincial dental plan reimbursements, lack of transparency on ODA Finances, the removal and mistreatment of a fellow female board […]
Anonymous Tip From an ODA Staffer (WHISTLEBLOWER)
This anonymous tip was sent by an ODA staff whistleblower who is unhappy with how our board operates and treats its new board members. To all ODA councillors and members please read this letter. It was a confidential letter sent by one of the newly elected female board members, to ODA President David Brown. It […]
DentiLeaks #1 – Who is Running our Association?
In a leaked exchange, CEO Frank Bevilacqua and long-standing legal counsel, Daniel Fabiano, discuss ways to “shut this down”, referring to a properly requisitioned, member-initiated meeting meant to address the wrongful removal of Dr. Houston. Instead of facilitating the process required under their own by-laws, the correspondence shows them exploring legal ways to derail the […]
Recommended Actions for Members Facing Unauthorised Release of Contact Information
Guidance for Responding to Threatening Correspondence Originating from a Professional Association’s Disclosure Introduction If you are a member in good standing of a professional association and you receive a threatening letter from a law firm, which you discover resulted from your association releasing your contact information, it is important to take measured and informed steps. […]
The ODA CEO gets paid $426,000 | ODA Financial Transparency starts today!
At the last General Council meeting, a strong message was sent to the board, ODA members want transparency for how our fees are being spent. Today we start at the top, to uncover how the outgoing board members voted to give Frank Bevilacqua, the CEO of the ODA, a raise. At a time when dental […]
The ODA Removes Long Standing Volunteer With 30 Years Experience with Provincial Programs from the Provincial Negotiating Team
The “lame duck” ODA Board met on May 30th, 2025. Four of the Board members present would no longer be on the Board two days later. The newly elected Board members that were democratically elected by General Council on April 25th, 2025, were not part of this meeting, nor the decisions made. Lame duck Boards […]
The Ontario Dental Association: A Misuse of Dentist Membership Fees
Fellow dentists, have you seen this article? People Want to Stay with the Ontario Dental Association. The ODA celebrates spending our membership fees for irrelevant degrees for staff and training for their dogs. How many dentists would be supportive of this? They may talk of staff retention, but I don’t think there are too many […]
Time for Ontario Dentists to Demand Transparency and Accountability
Dear Fellow ODA Members, The Ontario Dental Association has a rich history, one that was founded on philanthropy. Through my research of the ODA’s history, I discovered that it was the wives of dentists who initially created the ODA to serve their communities. Dentists were leaders in helping their communities by offering care, and this […]
ODA Governance: Mismanagement, Overspending, and Blurred Lines of Authority
Dear Fellow ODA Members, The Ontario Dental Association (ODA) recently completed a three-year review and update of its governance structure, at a cost of approximately $900,000. As a result, we are in compliance with the Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act, and we continue to operate under the “gold standard” governance model for not-for-profits, ten years later. […]
$850K ODA Ad Fail: Dentists Outraged, Leadership Under Fire
Dear Fellow ODA Members, At the last General Council meeting in November 2024, Marcus Stavis, the executive ODA staff member in charge of communications, addressed the Council after questions were raised about the efficacy of the $850,000 advertising campaign. The ad campaign was an insult to both the general public of Ontario and all dentists. […]