Colonel Kim S. Carter is the Ombudsman

Ombudsman

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 of the province of British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

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.

She was educated at Glendon College

Glendon College

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, York University

York University

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 in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Osgoode Hall Law School

Osgoode Hall Law School

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 of York University (LLB

Bachelor of Laws

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 '79) and University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

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 (LLM

Master of Laws

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 '05), and called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981. In 1999, Carter was appointed as the first independent Director of Military Prosecutions for the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

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and in 2002 became Canada's first female Chief Military Judge. She served in the Canadian Forces from 1975 to 2006 and was named the fifth Ombudsman of British Columbia in April 2006.