The Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, is pleased to re-appoint Colonel (Ret’d) Nishika Jardine to the role of Veterans Ombud. The re-appointment is for a period of three years and is effective 23 November 2025.

L’honorable Jill McKnight, ministre des Anciens Combattants et ministre associée de la Défense nationale, est heureuse de reconduire la colonelle (à la retraite) Nishika Jardine dans ses fonctions d’ombud des vétérans. Le renouvellement du mandat est pour une période de trois ans et prend effet le 23 novembre 2025.

Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé’s latest report, released on 25 November 2025, reveals how the province’s systemic failure to help people with complex developmental disabilities and high needs has left too many to suffer for unnecessarily long periods in hospital.

Dans son dernier rapport publié le 25 novembre 2025, l’Ombudsman Paul Dubé démontre comment l’incapacité systémique du gouvernement provincial à venir en aide aux personnes ayant des déficiences intellectuelles complexes et des besoins élevés a mené à des hospitalisations indues prolongées.

The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab, took decisive action against the long-standing delays in payments owed to multiple stationery supplier companies of Punjab. The companies had approached the Ombudsman Office with complaints regarding delayed dues from various provincial departments, citing procedural hurdles and administrative bottlenecks.

The Office of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh and Transparency International Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 11th November, 2025 to strengthen transparency, promote good governance, and ensure better, free, and speedy justice for citizens across Sindh. The signing ceremony, held at the POS Headquarters, was led by Provincial Ombudsman Sindh Mr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput and Chairman TI-Pakistan Justice (R) Zia Pervez, and attended by senior officials from both institutions.

The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab conducted a virtual training session in collaboration with the Federal Ombudsman Institution of Belgium on 5th November 2025, aimed at facilitating its officers and staff with international best practices, complaint-handling methods, and operational procedures adopted in Belgium.

Join the African Ombudsman Research Centre, the research and training arm of the African Ombudsman and Mediators' Association, for their webinar "Understanding Human Rights Frameworks: Integrating International Standards into Ombudsman Practice". This event, organised in partnership with the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), will take place on Tuesday, 10 December 2025 at 10 am (GMT+2).