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Sustainable investments key for York University’s endowment fund

According to York University’s Arijit Banik, there’s only one way forward for environmental, social and governance standards: it’s time for an evolution. The treasurer responsible…

Editorial: Getting personal about life as a working single mom

Every time I sit down to write my editorial for our annual Women’s Issue, now in its sixth year, the themes these issues highlight for…

Head to head: Are employers making progress on the gender pay gap?

While Canada has had pay equity laws since the 1970s, gender pay gaps still exist, but new pay transparency legislation in British Columbia is aiming…

How Snap is using flexible working to help ease new parents’ return to work

By March 2021, nearly half a million Canadian women who lost their jobs during the pandemic still hadn’t returned to work by the beginning of…

Canadian women share what evolving benefits and workplace policies mean to them

When Jessica Charbonneau decided to have a child through assisted reproduction a few years ago, it wasn’t cheap, but her employer helped shoulder some of…

Getting to know Shannan Corey and the Saskatchewan Pension Plan

Working in the pension industry has always been aligned with Shannan Corey’s personal interests and values. Her father was an actuary so she was exposed…

  • By: Sadie Janes
  • September 15, 2023 September 14, 2023
  • 08:56

Which frontier markets are on institutional investors’ radars amid geopolitical churn?

While the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corp. isn’t currently invested in frontier markets, the institutional investor is set to take its first steps towards investing…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 15, 2023 September 14, 2023
  • 08:55

A look at Ivanhoé Cambridge’s mission to reposition

Since joining the real estate investment arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in 2017, Michèle Hubert has held many titles —…

Has the Federal Pay Equity Act helped to close Canada’s gender pay gap?

The Federal Pay Equity Act, which took effect on Aug. 31, 2021, requires all federally regulated employers with 10 or more employees to prepare and…

Q&A with BDO Canada’s Brooke Schwarz

The organization’s manager of national total rewards discusses incorporating ESG into the DEI space, its experience reimbursement program and spending time around B.C.’s lakes and…

Editorial: Deciphering the data

I’m sitting down to write this on the hottest day so far in 2023. Environment Canada has issued a multi-day heat warning in my region…

Head to head: Should employers be focusing more on employee output or working hours?

As the 9-to-5 workday becomes more flexible, a chief executive officer discusses why she puts more emphasis on employee output and a human resources professor…

Editorial: Turning challenge into opportunity

As I write this column, I’m reflecting on the spectrum of weather I’ve witnessed this past winter. From my office window in southwestern Ontario, I…

Head to Head: Is it time to change the terminology around ESG?

An academic says environmental, social and governance terminology should evolve alongside understanding of the concept, while a consultant favours a focus on substance over form.…

How the WSIB is supporting employee well-being with enhanced, unlimited mental-health coverage

While the coronavirus pandemic may be in the rearview mirror for most employers, the Ontario-based Workplace Safety and Insurance Board knows all too well that…