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Point the finger at lack of de-escalation training, ombudsman says at Ottawa forum (Orleans News)

Brier Dodge Orleans News Dec 12, 2016 Paul Dubé, Ontario’s ombudsman, addressed a crowd including Ottawa police at the police service’s second annual Human Rights Learning Forum on Dec. 8 at the St. Elias Centre. His June report on police de-escalation in conflict situations came just under a month …
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Ontario's ombudsman will probe school bus driver shortage (CBC News)

Nicole Brockbank CBC News September 09, 2016 Ontario's ombudsman is looking into whether a systemic investigation is warranted into a school bus shortage that's left thousands of Toronto students stranded without a way to get to school on time. "Over the past few days, we have heard media reports …
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Ontario ombudsman reports 182 complaints received about universities (The Varsity)

Meerah Haq The Varsity September 19, 2016 Since the Ontario ombudsman gained jurisdiction to investigate universities, 182 complaints have been made in this area, ranging from issues of student services to academic processes. The ombudsman began taking complaints about universities in January of …
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Ombudsman's office resolves most complaints about schools without investigations (The Canadian Press)

The Canadian Press September 6, 2016 TORONTO - The office of Ontario's ombudsman received more than 700 complaints in the first year it had oversight of school boards, but says 85 per cent were resolved without a formal investigation. Ombudsman Paul Dubé says he's had excellent co-operation from …
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Ombudsman launches investigation into Toronto school bus chaos (The Star)

Evelyn Kwong , Staff Reporter The Star September 26, 2016 With a rising number of complaints, Ontario’s Ombudsman Paul Dubé announced Monday that his office would be looking into Toronto’s school bus woes. Nearly a month into the school year, Dubé said his office continues to receive complaints …
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Ombudsman investigating recent school busing problems at TDSB and TCDSB (CTV News)

Rachael D'Amore CTV News September 26, 2016 Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé will probe the recent school busing problems at the city’s two primary boards, his office announced Monday. Since the beginning of the school year, more than 1,000 children have been affected by erratic bus schedules resulting …
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Ombudsman congratulated for report (Sarnia Observer)

Janet Noel-Annable Sarnia Observer CEO, Christian Horizons Kitchener, Ontario August 30, 2016 I would like to congratulate the Ontario Ombudsman, Paul Dubé, on the thoroughness of his report on developmental services in Ontario (Sarnia Observer, Aug 26). The report highlights situations of crisis …
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Heartbreaking cycle for those with developmental disabilities needs to end (Toronto Sun)

Christina Blizzard , Queen’s Park Columnist Toronto Sun August 24, 2016 7:49pm The stories are horrific. Patrick, 24, had cerebral palsy and couldn’t speak. He was placed in a local nursing home because his mother could no longer cope with his aggressive outbursts. So a young man whose brain was …
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Ottawa jail in the top three for complaints, despite fewer inmates (Ottawa Citizen)

Andrew Seymour Ottawa Citizen November 2, 2016 The Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre remained among the three most complained about jails in Ontario, a dubious distinction it earned despite being the only jail in the top five that housed fewer than 1,000 inmates. There were 394 complaints about the …
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Family Responsibility Office received 1,000+ complaints last year, needs 'urgent change' (CBC Toronto)

Kate McGillivray CBC News Nov 04, 2016 A Toronto mother says she's been in bureaucratic limbo for more than six months after filing an application with the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) in order to retrieve missing child support payments. Simone Dadoun filed her application with the help of …
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Agency that enforces child support generates most complaints: Ombudsman (Canadian Press)

Keith Leslie The Canadian Press November 2, 2016 TORONTO - Ontario's Family Responsibility Office, which enforces court-ordered child and spousal support payments, tops the list of provincial government organizations generating complaints to the ombudsman's office. Ombudsman Paul Dubé said his …
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Ontario ombudsman investigating province's use of solitary confinement (The Globe and Mail)

Joe Friesen The Globe and Mail December 2, 2016 Ontario’s Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the way the province tracks and reviews the placement of prisoners in solitary confinement. The review will examine how the system logs segregated prisoners and counts the amount of time they have …
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Ontario Ombudsman has had more than 500 complaints about use of solitary confinement (The London Free Press)

Randy Richmond The London Free Press December 2, 2016 Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dube is adding his voice to the growing questions about segregation in the province’s jails, launching a probe into the controversial practice. The probe comes amid several high-­profile cases and heightened attention to …
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Ontario ombudsman announces review of process of placing prisoners in solitary (The Star)

Rob Ferguson Queen's Park Bureau The Star December 2, 2016 A dramatic rise in complaints about inmates in segregation — including murder suspect Adam Capay at the Thunder Bay jail — has prompted Ontario’s new ombudsman to launch an investigation. Paul Dubé said Friday he will probe “how the …
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'Unreasonable, wrong, oppressive': Segregation tracking system a failure, ombudsman reports (Ottawa Citizen)

Andrew Seymour Ottawa Citizen April 20, 2017 An Ottawa jail inmate with apparent mental health issues and a diminished cognitive ability that made it difficult for him to carry on a conversation spent more than a year in segregation, an investigation by the province’s ombudsman found. The Ottawa …
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Province commits to releasing all past and present SIU reports as recommended in police review (CBC News)

John Rieti CBC News Apr 06, 2017 Ontario will publish the details of every police-involved fatality dating back to 1990 — when the Special Investigations Unit was established — following a major report into police oversight in the province. Attorney General Yasir Naqvi made that commitment and …
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Ontario's solitary confinement tracking system 'wrong ... oppressive': ombudsman ‘We probably tracked livestock better than we do human beings’ — ministry official (iPolitics.ca)

Ainslie Cruickshank iPolitics.ca April 20, 2017 After a shocking case of solitary confinement in one Ontario prison was exposed last fall, the province’s ombudsman has revealed a system that fails to track how long inmates remain in segregation and largely ignores policies meant to ensure …
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Ontario routinely flouts solitary-confinement rules: report (The Globe and Mail)

Patrick White The Globe and Mail April 20, 2017 Following a six-month investigation, Ontario’s Ombudsman has found that the province routinely flouts its own rules around solitary confinement in prisons, regularly losing track of how long prisoners have spent in the restrictive cells as well as why …
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Ontario prisons use solitary confinement too often, and for the wrong reasons (TVO)

John Michael McGrath TVO.org April 24, 2017 The most important thing to know about last week's report from provincial Ombudsman Paul Dubé isn’t that he's highlighted the terrible state of Ontario’s correctional centres, their over-reliance on solitary confinement (officially known as segregation), …
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Ontario ombudsman slams segregation use (Canadian Press)

Colin Perkel The Canadian Press April 20, 2017 TORONTO — Vulnerable inmates are being put at risk due to Ontario's highly flawed system of segregation, the province's ombudsman said Thursday. In a hard-hitting report, Paul Dubé says no one is properly tracking how long inmates are kept in solitary, …
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