Sandhya Kohli LLB, MA, LLM

Sandhya was called to the Ontario bar in 1999. She is a lawyer, an experienced workplace investigator/mediator, an ethics commissioner, an educator and the founder of Guide Group.

After practicing in the area of civil litigation and criminal law, Sandhya shifted her focus, obtaining an LLM in Dispute Settlement. Since then Sandhya has conducted hundreds of workplace investigations in areas of racism allegations, workplace harassment, conflict of interest and social media mis-use, as well as designed workplace restorations and cultural fluency and critical race theory training. Sandhya also mediates workplace conflict, and assists clients on creating productive and happy work environments. Sandhya has worked closely with Boards–both public and private sector–to assess their governance roles, and to implement training programs to ensure ethical leadership at the Board level. Sandhya has held appointments as Integrity Commissioner to GTA school boards, engaging in Code of Conduct investigations and in training school board Trustees in application of their Codes of Conduct.

Sandhya presently holds the appointment of Integrity Commissioner to York Region District School Board. Sandhya also enjoys teaching Dispute Settlement to upper year law students at Osgoode Hall law school, and previously at Queens law school.

The Group

Our partners include professors, lawyers, retired judges, and human rights practitioners that have extensive knowledge and expertise in arenas of critical race theory and cultural fluency, mediation and other conflict resolution processes, workplace investigations, and Board oversight and assessments, so we can tailor our group to your individual needs.

We represent diverse cultures and are fluent in many languages, aiding us in navigating cultural conflict at an international level. Collectively we believe that fostering diverse, collaborative work environments leads to increased productivity and growth.