The Ombuds Blog: NorthWest Ombuds Group Launches Website; Set Spring 2014 Meeting

February 27, 2014

NorthWest Ombuds Group Launches Website; Set Spring 2014 Meeting

The group of Ombuds in the U.S. northwest and Canada's western provinces has established a website to coordinate its activities. NWOG is a regional cross-sector group of Ombuds, Ombuds staff, and others interested in supporting the work of Ombuds, that has been meeting two to three times a year since 2001. The next meeting is set for March 27, 2014 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

The keynote for the meeting will be offered by Michele LeBaron, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia School of Law. (NWOG.)

Related posts: Northwest Ombuds Group Meeting (2008); FCO Announces Liz Hoffman Research Award Winner.

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February 27, 2014

NorthWest Ombuds Group Launches Website; Set Spring 2014 Meeting

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