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Webinar coverage: Early diagnosis, high-efficacy treatments transforming life with MS

Canada has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world, with an estimated 90,000 to 100,000 people living with the disease. Every day, 12…

Webinar coverage: New brain tumour treatment offers hope for working Canadians

Glioma, the most common malignant brain tumour in young adults under 50 is a devastating disease that often strikes people in their prime working years,…

Webinar coverage: New treatment marks a turning point in Alzheimer’s care

Health Canada recently approved the first disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, which is a long-awaited milestone that carries significant implications for private drug plans, employers…

Coverage of the 2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference

Nearly 150 leaders and influencers in the benefits industry gathered at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto on Oct. 21 for the 2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference.…

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2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Managing evolution and change in the workplace

“The saying ‘change or die’ has been around forever, but right now, that’s more true than ever,” said Linda Duxbury, a professor at Carleton University’s…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Using benefits, claims data to find preventative health solutions

When a plan sponsor was seeing musculoskeletal issues come up in disability claims, it wanted to figure out if it could do more to support…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: How payor, provider integration can improve plan member health outcomes

Private payors spent a collective $37 billion on health care in 2024 out of a total Canadian health-care spend of $372 billion, with the benefits…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Henry Schein Canada reducing disability leave claims with wellness program

It was 2023 and Henry Schein Canada was “late to the wellness party,” recalled Faye Gagne (pictured centre), the company’s manager of employee relations and…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Automated insulin pumps changing the game for type one diabetes

Since the only treatment for type one diabetes is insulin, there’s only one option for treating the condition, according to Andrew Muirhead (pictured right), territory manager…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: The importance of incorporating menopause support into modern workplaces

Among the 21 million Canadians in the workforce, eight million are women over the age of 40. “We have a large workforce that’s going through…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: UAP’s wellness strategy improving employees’ mental, financial health

Implementing a wellness strategy during the pandemic helped Montreal-based automotive and heavy parts distributor UAP Inc. boost employee engagement, reduce the stigma around mental health…

2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Plan sponsors want data to tie wellness investments to health outcomes

Plan sponsors have far more access to benefits utilization and organizational health data than in recent years, but challenges persist with fragmentation and consistency across…

Coverage of the 2025 DC Investment Forum

On Sept. 30, more than 80 defined contribution pension plan sponsors, consultants, asset managers and other industry stakeholders met at the Omni King Edward Hotel…

2025 DC Investment Forum: Canada must reshape its economy to respond to changing world order

Democratic nations are facing a host of monumental challenges, including a shifting world order, the rapid spread of misinformation, an aging population and a rapidly…

2025 DC Investment Forum: Canadians retiring later, getting better at estimating how much savings they’ll need

While Canadians have a better sense of the savings they’ll need to retire comfortably, they may still be underestimating the true cost, according to research…

2025 DC Investment Forum: Advice is key to solving the DC retirement income challenge

According to MFS Investment Management’s Sean Kenney, his three sisters would all fall within the same target-date age cohort, but their lifestyles and retirement goals…

2025 DC Investment Forum: How target-date fund’s glide path design, long-term asset mix impact member outcomes

With target-date funds now a dominant investment vehicle in Canada’s defined contribution pension landscape, the glide path is the primary determinant of plan members’ outcomes…

2025 DC Investment Forum: A look at how DC plan sponsors can integrate private assets into target-date fund lineups

While integrating private assets into target-date funds can give plan members income-generating and diversification benefits at an attractive risk profile relative to traditional asset classes,…

2025 DC Investment Forum: Target-date fund equity allocations may not be keeping up with increased savings rates

The last 10 to 15 working years before retirement is a powerful and precarious time for defined contribution plan members, with roughly half of the…

2025 DC Investment Forum: Using private assets in DC plan portfolios as an inflation hedge

After a “Goldlilocks period” of low inflation and economic stability in the 2010s, the coming decades are expected to be marked by a higher cost…

Coverage of the 2025 Toronto Benefits Summit

In both an in-person and virtual format on Sept. 16, the inaugural Toronto Benefits Summit brought together more than 300 employers, consultants, industry providers and…

2025 Toronto Benefits Summit: A closer look at the impact of eye health on productivity

Inconsistency in public health care and private benefits coverage for vision care could be keeping many Canadians from getting their eyes checked regularly, according to…

2025 Toronto Benefits Summit: Greater flexibility in benefits plans would better support women’s health

While society’s understanding of women’s health has significantly evolved in the last few years, employee benefits plans haven’t yet caught up. “We expect men and…

2025 Toronto Benefits Summit: Rethinking obesity treatment, prior authorization for weight management drugs

As effective weight management drugs come to market, it’s time to move beyond outdated approaches to obesity care and towards holistic treatment strategies, said Marie-Hélène…