The Osgoode Advanced Certificate in Workplace Investigations

Osgoode Professional Development is the lifelong learning arm of Osgoode Hall Law School, one of Canada’s leading law schools.

We provide a uniquely broad and flexible range of interdisciplinary graduate-level legal education to professionals with and without law degrees.

What You’ll Learn

1. Understanding and Investigating Complaints of Workplace Harassment, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault.

2. Investigating Allegations of Racism, Systemic Racism, Prejudice and Bias in the Workplace. Establishing systemic racism – what type of evidence is required? Examples of systemic discrimination and harassment stereotyping and racial profiling in the workplace.

3. Investigating Complicated Allegations of Workplace Bullying.

4. Understanding key definitions, including breaking down the definition of harassment, the tricky situations including what is a “workplace”? and what does “vexatious” mean?

5. Responding Effectively in a Trauma Informed Investigation. Defining trauma, and recognizing the forms of trauma. How to respond effectively in an investigation using a trauma informed approach. Tips and tools for assessing credibility in a trauma informed investigation.

6. Recognizing the Signs and Impact of Implicit Bias. The impact of biases on an investigation, including biases of witnesses and biases of the investigator. Strategies and tools to mitigate investigator bias.

Assessment Criteria

In order to obtain the Certificate, the learner must:

1. complete/attend all modules;
2. successfully participate in the Practical Exercises on Day 3.

Estimated learning effort

Approximately 35 hours of learning effort, spread over multiple weeks.

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