Stacy Thomas

Stacy Thomas

Canadian HR Reporter

Stacy Thomas

Senior Journalist

12+ years experience116,677 Total views on Canadian HR Reporter in 2025

Stacy's specialty topics

AI and workforce automation Employment law and workplace policy DEI and neurodiversity in the workplace Talent strategy and labour market trends

Stacy Thomas is the senior journalist for Canadian HR Reporter, Canada's leading publication covering human resources, employment law, and workplace trends.

With a background in journalism and creative writing from the University of British Columbia and Langara College, Stacy has built a career reporting on the issues that matter most to HR professionals, from legislative changes and diversity and inclusion initiatives to neurodiversity in the workplace and the evolving role of women in Canadian business. Her work has appeared in publications across Canada and internationally.

Stacy brings both rigour and accessibility to complex employment topics, translating policy, legislation, and lived workplace experience into authoritative, reader-focused reporting for HR executives, people leaders, and employment professionals.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“A lot of what gets called 'AI-powered' in HR is really just automation with new branding. I try to look past the label and cover what's actually changing for the people doing the work.”

Awards and recognition

  • Dr. Isabel MacInnes Memorial Scholarship (UBC, Oct 2022)
  • BC Arts Council Scholarship (Jan 2021)

Also published by

Human Resources Director America · Mondaq · HRD Canada · HRD New Zealand · Canadian Lawyer · Law Times · Canadian Occupational Safety

Featured content from Stacy

Mental health costing Canadian employers 46 working days a year Many employees doing work using personal AI accounts: report HR or people ops? U.S. CEO cuts HR

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Senior Journalist, CHRR
  • Squamish Chief — Reporter, contract part-time
  • ITFO Communications, Inc — Content Consultant
  • Human Eye Editing — Editor/Writer, self-employed

Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, University of British Columbia
  • Diploma, Journalism, Langara College

Read the latest stories by Stacy

Mental health costing Canadian employers 46 working days a year

New data shows presenteeism – not absence – is driving biggest productivity losses for Canadian employers

Mental health costing Canadian employers 46 working days a year

Many employees doing work using personal AI accounts: report

'The risk is much larger than we realize,' says HR leader highlighting importance of knowing rules around data privacy

Many employees doing work using personal AI accounts: report

HR or people ops? U.S. CEO cuts HR

‘The responsibility is on us as HR agents and as strategists to remind folks about the role that we add,' says expert

HR or people ops? U.S. CEO cuts HR

Too much of a good thing: remote work can hurt wages, finds study

Where's the sweet spot? Canadian-led study of Labour Force Survey data reveals excessive remote work may erode wages and productivity

Too much of a good thing: remote work can hurt wages, finds study

'HR should know. If they don't know, they're not doing their job'

New data shows 71% of workers stay in toxic jobs - so why aren't they speaking up? Expert highlights risks, solutions

'HR should know. If they don't know, they're not doing their job'

Burnout and AI: New tech without supports risky for employers

‘The expectations of the employer may outpace advancements in the technology’: Experts discuss legal risks such as constructive dismissal amid soaring AI use

Burnout and AI: New tech without supports risky for employers

Off-duty misconduct: Toronto cop arrests in Spain raise questions

Employment lawyers discuss legalities, best practices for employers handling misconduct allegations after-hours

Off-duty misconduct: Toronto cop arrests in Spain raise questions

‘Problems disappeared when I let [HR] go’: Bolt CEO scrapped HR to save a failing startup

Bolt's Ryan Breslow says HR was creating problems that didn't exist – so he disbanded the whole department, created 'people-ops'

‘Problems disappeared when I let [HR] go’: Bolt CEO scrapped HR to save a failing startup

BC Court of Appeal upholds $633,000 racial discrimination award against City of Nanaimo

'Misconduct and a racist motivation could co-exist'

BC Court of Appeal upholds $633,000 racial discrimination award against City of Nanaimo

Job interview bots? The hidden legal risks of AI job interviews

Lawyers explain how current Canadian laws around AI in hiring leave ‘a pile of other potential liability issues’ for employers to trip over

Job interview bots? The hidden legal risks of AI job interviews

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