Dalhousie University Ombuds Hopes to Reverse Declining Caseload

In his annual report, Daniel Huffaker, Dalhousie University Ombuds, noted that the caseload of his office has been declining in recent years. The annual number of cases has fallen from more than a hundred a few years to about thirty cases in the 2007-08 academic year. Huffaker attributes the decline in part to the expanded number of student services introduced by the University since the early 1990s. He also cites the relocation of the Ombuds Office to a remote location in 2002. Huffaker hopes traffic will rebound after the office moves back to the Student Union Building this summer. (Dalhousie Ombuds 2007-08 Report.)