Taylor, Sean, Former RN
Discipline order
Feb 2, 2026
The college's Discipline Committee has issued its decision following a hearing into public statements made by Mr Taylor between approximately March and November 2020, while identifying as a registered nurse.
Specifically, the Discipline Committee considered public statements made by Mr Taylor regarding allegations of Indigenous-specific racism in healthcare in an interview with Global News on June 22, 2020. The Discipline Committee found that the comments amounted to professional misconduct, writing:
[488] … the Respondent's defense of nurses in relation to the allegation that hospital staff played a “game" of guessing the blood-alcohol level of Indigenous persons attending the Emergency Room to receive healthcare services, while suggesting that patients were making allegations of racism because they did not “get what they want", was a racially insensitive remark in response to Indigenous persons' concerns. As previously noted, this comment sends the message to the public that people, including nurses, operating within the public health apparatus, harbour harmful stereotypes about Indigenous persons…
The Discipline Committee considered a further statement from Oct. 30, 2020, on the publicly available Grizzly Patriot YouTube vlog inferring that violence was a suitable response to protests by Antifa and Black Lives Matter in the United States. The Panel held that:
[323] … the Respondent's comment about wanting to go down and “play paintball" is a euphemism for shooting. During cross-examination, the Respondent did not deny that the phrase "play paintball" is a euphemism for shooting someone.
[324] The Panel also agrees with the College that it does not matter if the Respondent was simply joking when he made that comment. What matters is how a reasonable listener might perceive the comment. The Panel has no hesitation in finding that a reasonable person who heard the Respondent's comment at the time that he made it would also understand that the Respondent was referring to shooting those people who were burning cities in the United States. The Respondent's comment, whether made in jest or not, suggests that an appropriate way to deal with violent protests or the burning of cities in the United States is through violence, that is, to shoot people.
Regarding all the statements of concern, the Discipline Committee stated:
[515] … A finding that the Respondent's statements advocating violence constitutes professional misconduct, and that his discriminatory comment constitutes unprofessional conduct, would support and further the pressing and substantial objectives of restoring and upholding public confidence in the healthcare system and the nursing profession, and to ensure an equal, tolerant, and discrimination-free healthcare environment for all. Disciplining the Respondent will make a strong statement to the public that what he did was wrong and that the Panel and the College do not condone advocating either discrimination or violence…
The Discipline Committee found that other public statements by Mr Taylor regarding COVID-19 were not proven by the college.
The Discipline Committee will consider written submissions from the college and Mr Taylor on penalty and will issue its penalty decision at a later date.
Read the full decision here.
Questions should be directed to media@bccnm.ca.