This workshop is recommended for people leaders, human resources or labour relations practitioners who conduct investigations in their institutions.
Every workplace investigation will be distinctive in its facts and circumstances; however, your organization should follow general guidelines and principles to mitigate damage and protect positive workplace relationships. Investigations play an essential role in addressing misconduct in the workplace. Having a clear investigation process ensures your employees know that you will treat all employees fairly. If conducted properly, investigations can help protect the institution's interests by appropriately identifying and responding to misconduct in a fair and unbiased manner.
The workshop will be highly interactive will include theory and hands-on practice conducting an investigation.
Participants will be able to conduct a fair and objective investigation, following a standardized process.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Workshop Length: 2 days
Format: In-Person
Date: April 24 and 25, 2025
Location: PSEA Office, 3rd floor 2889 East 12th Ave., Vancouver
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST
Cost: $150.00 plus GST
Lunch: Provided
Facilitator(s): Katie Cobban, PSEA Legal Counsel
To RegisterTwyla is PSEA’s Executive Director of Training. She is currently responsible for creating and implementing learning and development opportunities services for our members. Twyla has over 25 years of leadership, labour relations and consulting experience in the public and private sectors. She has extensive experience in preparing bargaining strategies and acting as a spokesperson for the employer. Twyla holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Business Administration.
Chris is a senior labour relations and human resources professional with over 35 years of experience in both public and private sector settings providing strategic direction, achieving organizational objectives, and negotiating collective agreements. She has unique experience representing employers and unionized employees and acting as a negotiator on a sectoral basis for PSEA.
Linda is a consultant, human resources professional, and a labour relations specialist. Linda has over thirty years of H.R. experience with twenty-plus years of leadership experience, primarily in unionized environments within the public sector.
A particular area of Linda’s expertise is grievance management, collective bargaining and labour management relations.
Linda holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and a Management Certificate, maj. Human Resources, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
