Laurie Copeland
MBA, CPHR, PMP

Laurie Copeland helps executive teams modernize workforce systems, governance frameworks, organizational structures, and HR operations. Her experience is strongest in public-sector and education environments where labour relations, compliance, workforce planning, leadership alignment, and organizational change must be managed together. 

Laurie brings executive-level experience across workforce transformation, labour and employee relations, governance modernization, organizational design, compensation, policy development, investigations, HR systems, risk management, and enterprise change. She has led people and workforce functions in large, multi-site public education, post-secondary, and public-sector environments. 

Her value is strongest where organizations need experienced judgment across people, governance, compliance, and operating realities. She helps leaders make workforce decisions that are practical, defensible, and connected to organizational performance. 

Primary Expertise Area

People, Leadership & Workforce Systems 

Supporting Expertise Areas

  • Governance, Risk & Decision Systems 
  • Operating Model & Organizational Performance 

Areas of Expertise

  • Workforce strategy and transformation 
  • Labour and employee relations 
  • Collective bargaining and union-management relations 
  • Governance modernization 
  • HR operations and systems modernization 
  • Organizational design and structural review 
  • Policy development and compliance 
  • Investigations, human rights, and dispute resolution 
  • Compensation and workforce planning 
  • Risk management and legal compliance 
  • Public-sector and education leadership 
  • Enterprise change and project management 

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