Kim Carter
Ombudsperson for the Province of British Columbia
 Kim Carter has a broad
background in criminal, international and administrative law.
She has appeared as counsel before the Federal Court of Canada, the
Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.
She has worked in Canada and overseas in many capacities including
as leader of the Canadian War Crimes Investigation Team responsible
for conducting on-site war crimes investigations in the Former
Republics of Yugoslavia for the United Nations Commission of Experts
in 1993. She was also a member of the Canadian Delegation during
negotiating sessions for the International Criminal Court in New York.
She attended Glendon College at York University for an
undergraduate degree; received her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law
School in 1979 and completed her Master’s of Law at the University of
Ottawa in 2005.
Kim served as a member of the Canadian Forces Reserves from 1975 to
1981 as a logistics officer. After her call to the bar in Ontario she
transferred to the regular force as a legal officer. In addition to
providing legal advice on a wide range of administrative issues, she
acted variously as defence counsel, prosecutor and appellate counsel.
She was the Director of International Law for the Canadian Forces from
1991 to 1995 and acted as Senior Canadian Forces Counsel during the
Somalia Commission of Inquiry.
In 1999, then-Colonel Carter was appointed the first independent
Director of Military Prosecutions for the Canadian Forces. In 2001 she
was appointed by Governor-in-Council as a military judge and in 2002
became Canada’s first female Chief Military Judge until her retirement
from the Canadian Forces in 2006. She was appointed Ombudsman for the
Province of British Columbia on May 15, 2006 for a six-year term.
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