Coverage of the 2025 Vancouver Benefits Summit
At the Marriott Pinnacle Downtown on May 13, Benefits Canada hosted the 2025 Vancouver Benefits Summit, an event designed for B.C.-based employers, advisors and consultants.
Across several insightful sessions, the event’s attendees learned about what matters most to their employees and overall workforce health, including holistic well-being programs, fertility benefits, pharmacy care, hormonal health and more.
Find out what you missed!

Arc’teryx Equipment
A look at Arc’teryx Equipment’s holistic approach to new benefits plan
With “disruptive evolution” a strong value for Arc’teryx Equipment, the organization developed its new benefits plan to reflect this mentality.

Sun Life Financial
The role of resilient and empathetic leadership in navigating employee mental health
Managers play an important role in supporting mental well-being, recognizing mental-health challenges and creating a supportive and caring environment for employees.
Michelle Chidley
Fertility Alberta Advocacy and Outreach Association and Aisling Communications Inc.
The case for comprehensive fertility benefits in employee offerings
Canadians rely on programs through their workplaces to help ease the financial burden of fertility challenges.
This session was made possible by EMD Serono.
Health Solutions by Shoppers Drug Mart
Rethinking the role of community pharmacies in health care
Community pharmacies are becoming centres of timely, accessible health care with a growing number of health services as pharmacists’ scope of practice increases, something benefits plan sponsors can leverage to improve health outcomes for employees.
GreenShield
Science&Humans
Addressing hormone imbalances during perimenopause with personalized care plans
When Lisa, a 46-year-old marketing manager, started experiencing perimenopause, her career took a hit.
iA Financial Group
Taking a holistic approach to weight management programs
When a plan member wants to lose weight but doesn’t know where to start or is unsure what their benefits plan covers, it can feel like a game of snakes and ladders.
University of British Columbia
How UBC is embedding well-being into its programs, practices and processes
The University of British Columbia has committed to integrating well-being into its core organizational commitment and approach.
To view highlights from the 2024 Vancouver Benefits Summit, click here.











