INDEPENDENT WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS
Independent Workplace Investigation Services
Scopic Consulting Inc. provides independent, impartial, and procedurally fair workplace investigations to organizations throughout Canada.
ABOUT SCOPIC CONSULTING
Scopic Consulting Inc. provides independent workplace investigation services to organizations throughout Canada. Our investigators recognize that workplace investigations affect people, relationships, workplaces, and organizations. Whether you are an employer, a complainant, a respondent, or a witness, every participant deserves to be treated with professionalism, dignity, and procedural fairness.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Workplace Investigation Services
Credibility Through Professionalism, Fairness, and Respect.
- Workplace Harassment and Violence
- Human Rights and Discrimination
- Administrative Misconduct
- Abuse of Authority
- Code of Conduct Violations
- Workplace Conflict & Misconduct
- Executive & Leadership Investigations
Workplace Harassment and Violence
We conduct independent, impartial investigations into workplace harassment and violence, ensuring every individual is treated with dignity, respect, and procedural fairness throughout the process.
Human Rights and Discrimination
We conduct fair, independent investigations into workplace discrimination and human rights concerns, ensuring every individual is heard, respected, and treated with dignity.
Administrative Misconduct
We conduct independent and impartial investigations into administrative misconduct, ensuring accountability, procedural fairness, and objective, evidence-based findings to support informed organizational decisions.
Abuse of Authority
We conduct independent and impartial investigations into abuse of authority, ensuring fairness, accountability, and respectful treatment while delivering objective, evidence-based findings.
Code of Conduct Violations
We conduct independent and impartial investigations into workplace code of conduct violations, ensuring fairness, accountability, and objective, evidence-based findings to support informed decisions.
Workplace Conflict & Misconduct
We conduct independent and impartial investigations into workplace conflicts and organizational misconduct, ensuring fairness, accountability, respectful treatment, and evidence-based findings.
Executive & Leadership Investigations
We conduct independent, impartial investigations into executive and senior leadership misconduct, ensuring accountability, fairness, confidentiality, and objective, evidence-based findings.
OUR PROCESS
A Structured Approach Workplace Investigations
Although every investigation is unique, most follow a similar process designed to ensure fairness, procedural integrity, and a thorough assessment of the available evidence.
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Appointment
Once retained, the investigator reviews the investigation mandate, confirms the scope of the investigation, and identifies any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest.
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Planning
The investigator reviews the available documentation, develops an investigation plan, and determines the information required to complete the investigation.
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Interviews
The investigator interviews the complainant, respondent, witnesses, and any other individuals who may possess relevant information.
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Documentary Evidence
Relevant documentary evidence is reviewed and assessed together with the information obtained during interviews.
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Evidence Assessment
All available evidence is considered objectively.
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Report Preparation and Investigation Complete
A clear, thorough and objective report is prepared, with findings and practical recommendations to support a respectful and compliant workplace.
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LEAD INVESTIGATOR
Alain (Al) Proulx
President / Senior Workplace Investigator
Alain (Al) Proulx is the President and Senior Workplace Investigator of Scopic Consulting Inc., where he conducts independent workplace investigations for federal departments, Crown corporations, municipalities, Indigenous organizations, police services, regulatory bodies, and private-sector employers throughout Canada.
For more than three decades, Al has built a professional career dedicated to conducting complex investigations, leading investigative teams, and assisting organizations in understanding difficult and often sensitive workplace issues through fair, objective, and evidence-based investigative processes.
An independent workplace investigator is responsible for conducting a fair, impartial, and objective investigation into workplace concerns identified by the retaining organization. The investigator gathers and assesses relevant evidence, interviews participants, and prepares an evidence-based report that assists the organization in making informed decisions.
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Every investigation conducted by Scopic Consulting begins with an open mind. Interviews are conducted to understand each participant's perspective, gather relevant information, and ensure that findings are based on all available evidence—not assumptions or predetermined conclusions.Yes.
Participants are encouraged to refer to notes or documents that assist them in accurately recalling events or identifying relevant information. Any documents believed to be relevant to the investigation should also be brought to the investigator's attention.This depends upon the organization's policies, applicable collective agreements, and the nature of the investigation. Participants are encouraged to discuss any such requests with the investigator before the interview.
Every investigation is different.
Some interviews may be completed within an hour, while others may require several hours depending upon the complexity of the issues being investigated and the amount of information to be discussed.