Elevating perspective for grounded policy outcomes.

Experts in research, analysis, and campaigns across Canada.

Policy Science Professionals

Cupola Policy & Strategy is a Canadian public-policy firm that turns insight into impact. Founded in 2020, we provide the clarity, evidence, and strategy organizations need to navigate complex landscapes and achieve measurable change. We support clients from the West, through the Prairies, and across the nation.

We partner with private sector, Indigenous, academic, and civil society leaders to better inform outcome-oriented action:

Understand Policy & Context: We cut through complexity to provide the strategic clarity needed for informed decision-making.
Inform Outcomes with Evidence: Through rigorous research, monitoring, and evaluation, we build the case for action.
Secure Change with Strategy: We design and execute campaigns that transform policy insight into public and political impact.

Our Approach / What Sets Us Apart:
Cupola is built on the principle of elevated perspective. We rise above the noise to see the full landscape—political, regulatory, economic, and social—then focus on the grounded realities of implementation. Our work synthesises data, traditional wisdom, and on-the-ground intelligence to build actionable pathways forward.

Our Expertise:
We specialise in Qualitative Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Situational Analysis, and Strategic Campaigns. Whether the challenge involves healthcare, resource sectors, regional context or community initiatives, we provide the policy science to move from idea and intent to consensus and outcome.

Qualitative Research

Pure and Applied, we love impacts the that Qualitative Research can bring to projects, programmes, and policy development and renewal.

From energy supply chains to labour pool dynamics to real estate & land usership , to health and social infrastructure across Canadian jurisdictions — Cupola has the intersectional and economic lenses and experience to assess and convey industrial policy realities, norms, needs, and trajectories.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

From intervention & program start to hindsight review, whether internal or external we take pride in our strength tracking trends, inputs, and outputs, to bring about enhanced outcomes.
Our experience in development & reporting includes Project Management & Measurables Delivery; Multi-stage Monitoring & Evaluation; as well as Internal & External Report Drafting & Delivery — Growing access to grants, enhanced reporting to funders, and building stakeholder trust through sound policy science.
Situational Awareness & Force-Field Analysis

We provide clarity within complexity, delivering actionable intelligence on the dynamic landscapes where policy change occurs. Our reports analyze critical events and the tangible realities of implementation, mapping the competing forces across political, legislative, and bureaucratic arenas.
From regulatory shifts and geopolitical events to stakeholder realignments and public sentiment shifts, we diagnose driving and restraining forces that determine success or failure. Our analysis equips clients to navigate transitions, anticipate opposition, leverage opportunities, and build viable pathways for change—turning policy intent into grounded reality.
Campaigns by Cupola

We don't just analyse the field—we help those leading the charge. Cupola moves beyond research and reporting to design, manage, and execute strategic campaigns that transform policy insights into measurable public and political impact.
Our campaign leadership includes understanding what winning looks like, coordinating data and willing campaigners to the cause, and driving high tempo returns on the doors, the phones, and online. We help secure mandates for change — we reserve our labour for those willing to lift all Canadians up.