It’s sometimes difficult for employees to communicate in a large company. But Microsoft Canada thinks it has found a solution using enterprise social media.
I read last month that Netflix is once again pushing the envelope by offering U.S. workers unlimited paid maternity or paternity leave during the first…
The Vancouver Aquarium is teeming not only with diverse marine life but also with diverse staff. It has 253 full and part-time employees—from scientists and…
Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields
I recently watched U.K.-based CNN anchor Hala Gorani—born in the U.S. to Syrian parents and raised in Algeria and France—give a graduation speech at George…
Greece is so battered even vulture funds are abandoning it. Canadian DB pension plans likely lack direct exposure to it, since they want to preserve…
Over the years, a growing chorus of voices has been pleading with the provinces to lighten up on the overburden of pension regulation and give…
Stats, events and opinions from the July/August 2015 issue
The future demographic landscape in developed countries—with increasingly older and fewer workers, as well as aging consumers—will create significant macroeconomic and market challenges all over…
The time is right to shore up our retirement system, and the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is a step in the right direction.
Health risk assessments have become the new entry point for health and wellness strategies
Although genetic factors influence obesity, employers can play a pivotal role in employee health.
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As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…
One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…
When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…