Breaking Through Glass Ceilings
Strategic partners for North America's leading organizations. Nothing ever off-the-shelf.
Available in English and French | Disponible en anglais et en français
What Makes UPL Different
UPL is a performance transformation firm serving North America’s leading organizations. We deliver through a carefully selected network of independent experts; each chosen for their lived experience in your specific context. When you engage UPL, we design a custom delivery team built specifically for your mandate. Your sector. Your audience. Your regulatory environment. Your desired outcome. No templates. No off-the-shelf programs. Every engagement built from scratch.
Mission & Vision
To build workplaces where people feel safe, valued, and heard and perform beyond what anyone thought possible.
A world where great leadership is contagious and human potential knows no ceiling.
What We Deliver
Employment Equity Act compliance, workplace barrier analysis, anti-racism programming, intersectional diagnostics, and Indigenous cultural safety, delivered by specialists with lived experience.
Executive coaching, leadership succession, high-potential programs, and cross-cultural awareness for leaders at every level across public and private sector organizations.
Culture assessment and transformation, organizational change management, employee engagement, and psychological safety from diagnostic to sustained outcome.
CSA Z1003 compliance, psychosocial hazard assessment, PH&S leadership certificate programs, Mental Health First Aid, and designated recipient training.
Bill C-65 compliance framework, workplace investigations, prevention plan development, bystander intervention, and resolution processes, legally defensible and trauma-informed.
Workplace fairness assessment across justice, efficiency, and engagement dimensions. Conflict management systems design, mediation, arbitration, and organizational restoration.
FCP compliance review, workforce gap analysis, WEIMS readiness, equity plan development, and Ontario Pay Equity Act review for federally regulated employers.
Gender equity programming, women's leadership development, and workplace gender equality strategy from frontline to executive.
Why Enterprises
Choose UPL
Independent Experts.
One Ecosystem.
A curated network of independent practitioners; each chosen for their lived experience first, credentials second. Every delivery team is custom-built for your mandate. Nothing is ever off-the-shelf.
Regulatory Depth
Former ESDC heads. Certified PH&S Advisors who helped write CSA Z1003. Chartered Mediators. Employment Equity Act specialists. Bill C-65 investigators. Practitioners who know your obligations from the inside.
Authentic
Lived Experience
Over 30 of our Independent Experts are members of designated groups: women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities. They do not teach inclusion. They have lived it.
Measurable Outcomes
Every engagement evaluated against measurable outcomes agreed upon at the outset.
Our Ecosystem Advantage
World-Class Independent Experts.
One Unstoppable Ecosystem.
Our Independent Experts are a community of practitioners; each carrying deep,
verified expertise in their domain, chosen above all for their lived experience. When you engage UPL, you
get the person who helped write the standard, ran the commission, or built the program from scratch.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS
Former ESDC Head of Workplace Strategy (16 years, 425 federal locations). Certified PH&S Advisors who helped develop CSA Z1003. Employment Equity Act technical specialists. Chartered Mediators and Qualified Arbitrators. Workplace Fairness Analysts.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION LEADERS
Indigenous cultural safety practitioners from First Nations and Métis communities. Employment Equity specialists with federally regulated employer experience. Anti-racism and intersectional diagnostic experts. Former human rights commissioners.
LEADERSHIP & CULTURE TRANSFORMATION
Executive coaches and senior leadership development specialists. Change management leads with Government of Canada Secret Security Clearance. Bilingual facilitators with Canada School of Public Service experience.
WORKPLACE SAFETY & MENTAL HEALTH
Mental Health Commission of Canada certified trainers. CCOHS-endorsed program developers. HRPAaccredited crisis intervention specialists. Bill C-65 workplace investigation and resolution practitioners.
Trauma-informed workplace recovery specialists
Why Our Approach Works
Built on Uncompromising Standards
Every initiative aligns culture transformation with your business objectives
Data-driven methodology with clear success metrics and accountability
Authentic diversity perspective that drives innovation and belonging
Modern methodologies designed for today's evolving workplace dynamics
Client Success Stories
What Industry Leaders Say About UPL
Serving North America's Most Regulated Workplaces 🇨🇦
For Canadian federally regulated employers, UPL brings technical specialists who know your obligations from the inside the Employment Equity Act, Bill C-65, the Canada Labour Code, and CSA Z1003. For US employers navigating EEOC, OSHA, and Title VII obligations, we bring the same depth of regulatory expertise applied to your specific legal framework.
Next Steps
Current state assessment and alignment
Detailed program design and implementation approach
Meet your matched Independent Expert(s) specialists
Comprehensive transformation roadmap
Continuous support and optimization
Every UPL engagement begins with a 90-minute strategic consultation.
We assess your current position, identify the most urgent priorities, and recommend a sequenced approach. There is no obligation following the consultation. If there is no fit, we will tell you that directly.