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June 30, 2020

Job Posting: Global Water Partnership

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The intergovernmental organization based in Stockholm, is hiring its first Ombudsperson/Mediation Specialist. The position will, "off...

FOIA Request Reveals Ombuds Feedback About Ole Miss Confederate Monument

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On June 18, 2020, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning voted to remove a Confederate monument from the University of Mississipp...

ACCUO Statement Endorses Black Lives Matter

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After hearing from its members the annual general meeting on June 17, 2020, the executive committee of the Association of Canadian Colleg...
June 29, 2020

University of Denver to Close Ombuds Program on Retirement of Jenna Brown

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The private university in Colorado abruptly announced that it will discontinue its Ombuds position at the end of the June. Jenna Brown , w...
June 26, 2020

COFO Announces 2020 Conference and New Officers

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The Coalition of Federal Ombudsman will hold a virtual conference on Friday, October 16th, 2020. For the past several years, the annual e...

IOA Press Release Highlights Multiple Studies Recommending Ombuds for Sexual Misconduct Response Programs

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In a press briefing this week, the International Ombudsman Association touted the "growing number of prominent research organizations...
June 25, 2020

Organizers Cancel In-Person 2020 Cal Caucus

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Due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of the California Caucus of College and University Ombuds have decided not to ...
June 24, 2020

JIOA Article: Securing the Ombuds Office Through Upward Feedback

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A new article in the peer-reviewed Journal of the International Ombudsman Association looks at the role of Ombuds as they serve as change ...
June 22, 2020

IOA Publishes Guidance for Ombuds During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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The International Ombudsman Association has published a memo addressing COVID-19 and how contract tracing may affect Ombuds practices. IOA E...

Pitt School of Medicine Agrees to Black Students' Petition for Reforms, Promises Ombuds

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Last Thursday afternoon, the Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine agreed to a wide range of demands from Black students...
June 18, 2020

Asia Society’s 2020 Symposium to Feature UN and Chevron Ombuds

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The Asia Society’s 2020 Global Talent, Diversity and Inclusion Virtual Symposium includes two prominent Ombuds as speakers: Shireen Dodson...
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June 17, 2020

First Ombuds Named at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

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Usman Asghar has been appointed the first Studentombud for Høgskolen I Innlandet , a public technical university in Norway. Ashgar will w...
June 16, 2020

Harvard Grad Students Complete Consultation with University of Cincinnati Ombuds

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This spring, two students in the Dispute Systems Design Clinic at the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program conducted an ex...

Mary Rowe on What Employees Need Now

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Rowe , a former Ombuds at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and adjunct professor at the Institute's School of Management, rec...
June 09, 2020

Long-Time Ombuds Retires from University of Western Ontario

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Anita Pouliot , who was the Assistant Ombudsperson at Western for over two decades, retired last month. In addition to her work as the Omb...
June 08, 2020

ICRC Selects First Ombuds for Middle East and North Africa

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The International Committee of the Red Cross has appointed Waged Jafer as its first Regional Ombuds for the Middle East and North Africa ...

Lakehead University Names Experienced Ombuds to Interim Position

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Kim Morgan has stepped in as the Interim Ombudsperson for the public university in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She retired earlier this year af...

Interior Dept Ombuds to Speak at IACM 2020 Conference

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Two Ombuds from the U.S. Department of the Interior will speak at the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict...
June 04, 2020

IOA Calls for Fairness and Justice

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Today, the International Ombudsman Association released a statement to its members in response to the protests following the killing of Ge...

Cal Caucus Releases Statement on Black Lives Matter

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Yesterday, the California Caucus of College and University Ombuds released a statement on Black Lives Matter. Here's the full text of...