Category: management consulting

Élance is a consulting company that specializes in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) services. It supports businesses, schools, and non-profits in developing inclusive policies and enhancing employee engagement. The company focuses on creating inclusive workplaces to improve job satisfaction, reduce turnover costs, and boost productivity.

Élance offers customized consulting programs tailored to each organization’s unique DEI journey. It provides training programs in various formats, including in-person and online, covering a wide range of DEI topics. Additionally, Élance conducts DEI data collection and analysis, offering detailed surveys that provide intersectional insights to help organizations develop effective strategies. Their approach is GDPR-compliant, ensuring data security.

By fostering inclusive environments, Élance helps organizations attract diverse talent and encourages innovative solutions that can lead to increased profitability.

Chester & Fourth is a Canadian advisory firm with an international presence

Hyde Advisory & Investments Inc. (HAI) is a leading advisory firm based in Toronto, Canada, focused on the global cannabis sector. The company is led by David Hyde, a consultant with over eleven years of experience, and co-founder Pauline Hyde. HAI provides expert guidance to cannabis businesses and government bodies, helping them navigate the complexities of the industry.

The firm offers a wide range of services tailored to the cannabis industry, including business and licensing strategy, cannabis facility design and operations, regulatory compliance, public policy advice, transaction due diligence, and support for mergers and acquisitions. HAI also assists in forming strategic partnerships and joint ventures within the sector. With a global presence in over 21 countries, HAI has worked with more than 750 licensed cannabis businesses, government entities, multinational companies, and investment groups.

Mainline Infrastructure Consulting delivers expert advisory services to owners, consultants, railways, contractors, developers, and other parties who drive to deliver award-winning projects successfully in the transportation infrastructure market. Reliable, no-nonsense, trustworthy partners offering experienced, expert capital project delivery support and advice, specializing in large-scale, complex capital programs in the civil infrastructure, transportation, rail, and transit sector.

OUR SERVICES, CUSTOMIZED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS:

Project and Program Management
– Comprehensive full or partial life cycle project management support services
– Ad-hoc support to troubled projects, or to level resources

Contracting Advice
– Technical & commercial contracting advisory and Owners’ Engineer services
– Procurement & transaction management
– Project Agreement gap analysis & integrated technical, commercial, quality review
– Operating railway corridor construction planning

Contract Compliance Monitoring and Contract Administration
– Contract administration, work progress verification and claim support
– Independent Certification services for large commercial contracts
– Independent Certifier for alternative delivery projects
– Specialized compliance monitoring during complex, high value
project implementation focused on the design and construction phases

Support to Stakeholders of Transportation Infrastructure Projects
– Private sector advisory and support
Transit oriented development, contractors, municipalities, utility Co.,
property owners, banks, lenders, legal firms
– Multi-party project-specific agreements facilitation or negotiation
– Freight Railway public works representation
(e.g. grade separations or bridges projects)

RAD Potential Advisory Inc. is a business consulting firm based in Mississauga, Ontario, specializing in data-driven hiring solutions for sales and leadership roles. Founded in 2020 by Robert A. Dougan, the company focuses on pre-employment assessments, AI-driven analytics, and recruitment strategies to enhance hiring accuracy and employee retention.

The firm offers a range of services, including customized pre-employment assessments that evaluate skills and behaviors linked to job performance. They develop role-specific hiring benchmarks based on profiles of top performers and provide expert debriefing services to analyze assessment results. Their Sales DNA Predictor tool identifies candidates with natural sales abilities. RAD Potential is committed to aligning hiring processes with organizational values through annual validation studies, ensuring their assessments remain effective and relevant.

With over 20 years of experience, Robert Dougan leads the company, having consulted for numerous organizations across North America. RAD Potential has worked with over 250 organizations, including Greatway Financial, which has praised the firm for improving agent screening and decision-making in sales leadership.

Pioneer Safety Solutions Ltd. is a consultancy that specializes in customized safety solutions for transportation, workplace, and environmental compliance. With over 100 years of combined team experience, the company focuses on delivering risk-based safety programs tailored to meet specific operational needs.

The core services include land transportation solutions such as monitoring systems, compliance tools, and fleet optimization strategies. In occupational health and safety, they conduct risk assessments and implement programs to mitigate workplace hazards. For environmental compliance, they offer waste management solutions and regulatory assessments to ensure alignment with environmental standards. The company also supplies safety equipment like driver monitoring devices and vehicle tracking systems, emphasizing integration with existing client infrastructure.

Pioneer Safety Solutions targets organizations that require tailored safety implementations, particularly in sectors with complex regulatory demands. Their approach is characterized by customization, implementation support, and a multi-disciplinary expertise that combines transportation, occupational safety, and environmental compliance.

Salient Advisory is a healthcare consulting firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia, with additional staff in Nigeria and Kenya. Founded in mid-2020, the company focuses on transforming healthcare systems in emerging markets, particularly in Africa. It leverages technology, policy innovation, and partnerships to enhance access to care and promote health equity. The firm operates with a dedicated team of around 20 employees.

The services offered by Salient Advisory include research and analysis of health tech innovations in Africa, partnership development to connect innovators with major healthcare organizations, and advising on policy and financing strategies. The firm also publishes thought leadership reports featured in notable outlets like CNBC and Bloomberg. Its deliverables consist of market intelligence reports and strategic roadmaps that guide clients in technology adoption and equity-focused healthcare solutions. Salient Advisory serves global health organizations, investors, and policymakers, with a notable client being the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Established in 2018 by Ruth Mojeed, The Inclusion Project (TIP) is a social innovation network and resource hub for organizations, communities and institutions engaged in knowledge development and practice to further racial equity, diversity and inclusion (REDI). Our intersecting areas of impact are gender and youth leadership. TIP was borne from a place of lived experience (of racism, workplace discrimination, inequalities, stereotypes and unconscious biases) and some initial conversations at the Victoria Foundation.

The Inclusion Project became a BC-based non-profit society in 2019, with prospects for social entrepreneurship, to provide support for public and private organizations.

Our theory of change is predicated on the need for innovative change in process, policy and practice. We engage community to inform decision-making, roadmap and strategy development for business, non-profit, government and academic institutions.

The Sprott Student Consulting Group is a student-run experiential learning program that connects students with dynamic business partners who want to help students learn while the students help them. We offer support in strategy, management, finance, supply chain, communications, and much more.

Growth Catalyst is a strategic business growth program tailored for mid-sized businesses, primarily operating in Western Canada. The program is designed to help companies scale effectively by providing expert guidance and customized strategies. It offers structured cohorts in Calgary and Saskatoon, focusing on fostering collaboration and innovation.

Key services include team alignment, which enhances accountability and decision-making, and strategic direction, helping businesses create a scalable playbook for growth. Participants also benefit from engaging with peers and seasoned advisors to test ideas and strategies, promoting a diverse exchange of insights for comprehensive growth solutions.

Growth Catalyst is set to expand its offerings across Western Canada in 2025, continuing to support mid-sized companies with the coaching and leadership alignment necessary for confident scaling.