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Announcing the 2026 Project UpLift Partner: The Menopause Foundation of Canada

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Marketing, News, Research, UpLift / Layla Shea

Project UpLift is our way of giving back by contributing pro bono research support to a Canadian not-for-profit organization working […]

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Official badge from Esomar recognizing that Upwords was awarded Silver for Qualitative Excellence

Global Recognition for Upwords’ Project UpLift

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Marketing, News, Research, Uncategorized, UpLift / Layla Shea

I’m SO excited to announce that Upwords has been recognized globally – receiving Silver in the Peter Cooper Award for

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Upwords wins CRIC award of excellence

Upwords Wins CRIC Award of Excellence!

Leave a Comment / Leadership, News, UpLift / Layla Shea

We’re thrilled to share that Upwords has been honoured with the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC) Award of Excellence in

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From Spark to Strategy: Upwords on the Insightful Connections Podcast

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Marketing, News, Personal, Perspective, Research, UpLift / Layla Shea

Podcast summary: What inspires someone to leave a successful corporate career, move across the country, and start a qualitative research

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Deborah Klotz presenting Stories that Move Workshop at the 2025 CRIC conference

Moving Beyond Data: The Power of Storytelling and Empathy in Market Research

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Marketing, News, Research / Layla Shea

Highlights from Upwords at the CRIC 2025 Conference At the recent CRIC 2025 Conference, Upwords’ Deborah Klotz led a 3.5-hour

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Project UpLift Insights: Practical Tips to Prevent Online Exploitation

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In 2020, nearly 1 in 4 parents in Canada reported coming across inappropriate online behaviour aimed at their child*. Children

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Celebrating 15 years of Upwords!

Leave a Comment / Leadership, News / Layla Shea

In September the Upwords team celebrated the company’s 15th anniversary at a team offsite at the fabulous Blue Mountain Resort

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Project UpLift winner announced! Children of the Street

Leadership, Marketing, News, Research, UpLift / Layla Shea

Upwords proudly announces that Children of the Street is the recipient of our first annual Project UpLift! Children of the

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Project UpLift

Project UpLift: Upwords offers Pro-Bono services to organization in need!

Leadership, Marketing, News, Research / Layla Shea

Upwords, a global, award-winning women owned research consultancy, is offering their qualitative research services free of charge to a Canadian

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You Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark!

Leadership, Marketing, News, Perspective / Layla Shea

At the start of every qualitative discussion, we tell participants: ‘there are no wrong answers’ In the ground rules of

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