Many businesses reach a point where HR becomes too important to manage informally — but hiring a full-time HR professional may not make sense.
We partner with business owners and leadership teams to create practical HR solutions that improve hiring, reduce risk, support employees, and help businesses grow.
Principal Consultant
Chris Broughton founded UpSourced HR in 2018 and serves as its Principal Consultant. The Lethbridge-based firm is built around one goal: helping organizations “Make Better Workplaces.” With more than 20 years of HR experience across Western Canada, Chris provides fractional and outsourced HR to organizations including municipalities, healthcare, agriculture, construction, transportation, and Indigenous groups.
Chris gives practical, grounded advice on the issues that matter most to employers. His work covers workplace investigations, employee and labour relations, performance management, compensation, recruitment, and policy development. He holds the CPHR, SPHRi, and SHRM-SCP designations, is a Licensed Professional Investigator, and earned a Bachelor of Management in Human Resources and Labour Relations from the University of Lethbridge.
Chris is proud to call Southern Alberta home. He has served on the Lethbridge Youth Foundation Board since 2020 and coaches youth soccer. Whether he’s leading a sensitive investigation or building an HR framework from the ground up, he aims for workplaces where people and organizations succeed together.
Kiana Van Ee is a Senior HR Advisor at UpSourced HR and has been part of the team for five years. She partners with clients across Southern Alberta to deliver practical HR support, and she’s often their first point of contact for day-to-day people questions and longer-term workplace challenges alike.
Kiana holds a Bachelor of Management in Human Resources and Labour Relations from the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business, and a General Business diploma from Lethbridge College. She is a CPHR and PHRi, and a Licensed Investigator.
Kiana is passionate about working with people to find the right solution for each workplace. Clients value her strong interpersonal skills, clear communication, and adaptability, which help organizations reach their goals by developing the people who make them run.
Pam Gonzalez is an HR Administrator at UpSourced HR. She keeps the firm’s HR support running smoothly for clients across Southern Alberta, bringing strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a real interest in supporting people through HR.
Pam holds a Bachelor of Management in Human Resources and Labour Relations from the University of Lethbridge. During her degree she did hands-on work, including building a mock grievance and arbitration case and developing HR policy recommendations for a real start-up company.
Before joining UpSourced HR, Pam worked in retail eyewear management, where she built her skills in client relations and handling confidential information. She has also done English-to-Spanish translation for Parks Canada. She is fluent in Spanish, which lets the team serve a wider range of clients and employees.
HR is not just about policies and paperwork.
Effective HR helps businesses:
● Hire the right people
● Build stronger teams
● Reduce workplace risk
● Improve employee retention
● Create clear processes for growth
