Turn SD sequence with black bars into HD sequence

We want our finished piece to be broadcast in HD. We noticed with have a couple sequences in standard def (with black bars on top and bottom) and we need them to match the other HD sequence settings (1080 X 1440-no black bars). When I change the SD sequences to match the HD sequences in squishes the video into a tiny box in the middle of the canvas screen. How do I make our sequences match?

That's not how you make SD into HD. Not in any way that will be of any good quality or broadcast acceptable. Is the footage HD, and in an SD sequence? Or is the footage SD, and you are trying to scale it to HD?
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