Investigator Chronicles Episode 2 is live! – Watch Now
Alyssa Gassi began working as a Municipal Prosecutor for The Corporation of the County of Lambton (the “County”) on October 28, 2024. Her employment was terminated on a with-cause basis on April 4, 2025.
In our investigation training sessions, it’s interesting how often participants say that when they can’t decide at the end of an investigation, they just say the allegation is “unsubstantiated.”
In Episode 2, lawyer and workplace investigator Rachel Turnpenney joins our Investigator Chronicles host, Christine Thomlinson, to talk about lawyers having to make the shift from an advocate’s mindset to a neutral investigator’s mindset when conducting workplace investigations…
In 2021, concerns about the leadership of Mary Lynne Campbell, an Alberta public school division superintendent, were raised through the submission of a complaint under Alberta’s whistleblower protection legislation (PIDA).
In the first episode of our new Investigator Chronicles series, Cory traces his path into investigation work through the Ontario Human Rights Commission, where reading the reports from investigators first piqued his interest, and reflects honestly on what the work really involves.
In this case involving Queen’s University, two individuals brought a motion in court to put an immediate stop to an ongoing harassment investigation being conducted by an external investigator.
I’ve been reflecting this week on my experience at the 2026 Workplace Investigations in Canada Conference. It was such a great opportunity to connect with peers in the workplace investigations space, and to learn from others in the field through a number of stellar presentations.
When it comes to anonymity in workplace investigations, there are various facets. One of our partners, Liliane Gingras, recently wrote a blog about the risks of promising complainants a guarantee of anonymity throughout the investigative process. However, I would like to talk about situations where complaints are made by individuals who are completely unknown to the employer.
