Workplace human rights consulting
WorkMend helps people and organizations understand what is happening, address concerns with care, and improve the workplace conditions that allow problems to persist.
The work we believe in
Human rights concerns deserve to be taken seriously—and addressed in ways that can help workplaces move forward.
We bring lived-experience research, workplace systems analysis, and labour-relations understanding to complex human rights questions.
How we can help
Every engagement begins with a clear purpose, careful scope, and an honest conversation about what the work can—and cannot—do.
For employers & institutions
Understand gaps between policy and practice, strengthen response processes, and build the confidence to address concerns constructively.
For employees
Get general information about workplace human rights pathways and organize questions, records, and possible next steps.
For unions & associations
Support learning about systemic barriers, member communication, accommodation, and constructive human rights processes.
WorkMend serves different client groups through separate mandates. We screen for conflicts and do not accept adverse mandates concerning the same matter.
Our approach
A useful response starts with understanding both the experience and the conditions around it. We bring care to the conversation and rigour to the analysis.
Talk about your situationAgree on the purpose, who the work is for, what information is needed, and the limits of the engagement.
Consider policies, processes, and participant perspectives with attention to consent, privacy, accessibility, and context.
Distinguish reported experiences, allegations, corroborated information, themes, and interpretation.
Set out findings, limitations, and prioritized options that can be considered and acted on.
Areas of work
Climate and lived-experience assessment, qualitative research, and systemic reviews grounded in transparent methods.
Policy diagnostics, accommodation workflows, and complaint-system review with clear, prioritized recommendations.
Customized learning for leaders, supervisors, unions, and associations focused on respectful response and sound referral.
Workplace experiences are shaped by individual interactions and the systems around them.
A research-informed perspectiveAbout WorkMend
WorkMend is a founder-led workplace human rights consultancy informed by doctoral research into lived experiences of racial discrimination at a large publicly funded Canadian employer.
That research is paired with experience in employer-side and union-side advisory work, labour relations, grievance handling, and negotiations. The result is a perspective attentive to both the person raising a concern and the workplace systems that shape what happens next.
Clear boundaries
WorkMend focuses on consulting, research, education, and organizational process improvement. It does not provide legal advice or representation, assess individual legal claims, negotiate legal entitlements, or conduct regulated investigations.
When a concern needs legal advice, representation, or another regulated service, we will encourage referral to an appropriately authorized professional. Any engagement is subject to a conflict check, a written scope, and clear confidentiality terms.
Ask about fit and scopeBegin with a conversation
Share the kind of support you are looking for. We can discuss fit, scope, timing, and the right next step—without sending sensitive records before an initial conflict screen.
Write to WorkMendContact: hello@workmend.ca