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Tel: (902) 401-1311
Email: krista@rbworkplace.ca
Krista Smith is the founder of Root & Branch – Workplace Conflict Resolutions Inc., which helps organizations prevent, navigate, and recover from moments of workplace conflict and crisis. Krista works with organizations in every economic sector to help them create stronger and more functional workplace communities. Before founding Root & Branch in 2021, Krista practised labour and employment law for 10 years. She is also a certified workplace investigator.
Krista recently completed a one-year term with Human Rights & Equity Services at Dalhousie University, where she updated and refined their Sexualized Violence, Harassment, Discrimination and Racialized Violence policies.
From 2021 to 2023, Krista served as a full-time senior policy lawyer with the Mass Casualty Commission. Krista holds an LL.B. from Schulich School of Law, an M.A. in Journalism from Indiana University, and a B.A. from the University of California, Riverside.
