About Us

your human resources resource!
TrendLine is a management consulting firm, specializing in human resource management. Operating continuously since 1987, our major service areas focus on developing and delivering learning programs, the design and implementation of human resource applications, and restoring respect in the workplace through training, policy development, and workplace investigations.

Our corporate client group encompasses a cross-section of business and industry from the transportation, warehousing and distribution, fabrication and repair, hospitality, broadcasting, professional and medical services, mining, forestry, marine and manufacturing sectors and includes municipalities, school boards, health care and social service agencies from the broader public sector as well as Ministries of the Ontario Government, Federal Agencies, Indigenous Organizations, and First Nations.

TrendLine, based in Thunder Bay and serving all of Ontario, is owned and operated by Marilyn Owston. Marilyn is a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL), Certified Performance Consultant and is certified in Workplace Investigations and Instructional Development & Design.