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Why Neutrality Matters in Workplace Assessments

September 29, 2026

The importance of neutrality within a workplace investigation is oft-discussed and, at this point, well understood. I frequently tell participants in our Workplace Investigation Fundamentals workshop that to undertake a fair investigation they need to be capable of being open to the possibility that any person they interview – complainant, respondent, or witness – is telling them the truth.

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10 Lessons for Investigators Interviewing Children

September 23, 2026

In Episode 4 of Investigator Chronicles, I talk to child forensic interviewing specialist, Dayna Boyko, about her expertise in interviewing children. Dayna spent 25 years in the Toronto Police Service, 16 of which were spent working on the Internet Child Exploitation Team, where she became an expert in interviewing child survivors and witnesses of sexual violence.

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Investigator Chronicles Ep. 4 ft. Dayna Boyko

September 15, 2026

In Episode 4, Dayna Boyko — child forensic interviewing specialist, president of Helix Investigative Consulting Inc., and retired Toronto Police Service (TPS) investigator — joins our Investigator Chronicles host, Christine Thomlinson, to talk about how to get accurate, reliable accounts from child complainants and witnesses.

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From Case to Practice: Applying Factual Findings to the Statutory Threshold for Workplace Harassment

September 10, 2026

In the last edition of From Case to Practice, we discussed a recent decision by Arbitrator Hart which looked in-depth at the proper approach to making policy decisions in workplace investigations (Part 1).

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Investigator Chronicles Ep. 3  ft. Rupa Karyampudi

August 18, 2026

In Episode 3, workplace investigator Rupa Karyampudi joins our Investigator Chronicles host, Christine Thomlinson, to talk about designing a more accessible investigation process for participants with disabilities and neurodivergence.

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From Case to Practice: The Proper Approach to Making Policy Decisions in Workplace Investigations

August 17, 2026

We recently reviewed an arbitration decision by Mark Hart. There’s enough to say about this decision that we have divided this into two editions of From Case to Practice. This Part 1 focuses on making policy decisions.

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From Case to Practice: What Makes a Workplace Harassment Investigation “Appropriate in the Circumstances?”

July 21, 2026

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.

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Unsubstantiated Findings in Workplace Investigations: What to Do When You Can’t Decide

July 16, 2026 | By Christine Thomlinson

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.”

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