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Building Stronger Workplaces.

Building Stronger Workplaces.

Investigator Chronicles Ep. 5  ft. Lisa Southern

In Episode 5, Lisa Southern, a founding partner of Southern Law in Vancouver and the first Integrity Commissioner for the City of Vancouver, joins Investigator Chronicles host Christine Thomlinson to talk about her path from labour and employment lawyer to adjudicator to investigator, and what her career across hearing rooms and institutional files has taught her about running a fair, effective process.

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Investigator Chronicles Ep. 4 ft. Dayna Boyko

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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Investigator Chronicles Ep. 3  ft. Rupa Karyampudi

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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Investigator Chronicles Ep. 2 ft. Rachel Turnpenney

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…

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Investigator Chronicles Ep. 1 ft. Cory Boyd

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.

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150 Words

I chose this quote months ago when the idea for 150 Words was born. For me, it underscores the importance of our work with employers in promoting respect in the workplace, and the corresponding positive impact this has on people’s working experience: We need human rights. Whether we like it or not, religious, ethnic and

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Lessons for employers about expense claims from the Mike Duffy trial

We’re now several days into the Mike Duffy trial and the stage is set for a public examination of the expenses that Mr. Duffy claimed while he was a member of the Senate.  Ultimately, it will be up to Justice Vaillancourt to decide if Mr. Duffy is guilty of a criminal offence, but this case

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“It’s never okay”

I set aside some time this weekend to review the Ontario Government’s action plan to stop sexual violence and harassment, released on Friday, March 6, 2015, and it occurred to me that this seemed a particularly significant thing to be doing on International Women’s Day yesterday. According to the Government, 28% of Canadians say that

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