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Coverage of the 2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit

On April 9 at the Marriott Pinnacle Downtown in Vancouver, the 2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit hosted a record-breaking crowd of B.C.-based employers, advisors and consultants…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: Mental health, HCSA coverage way up since pandemic

Group benefits plans are under unprecedented pressure, said Rahul Rao, chief executive officer and founder of CloudAdvisors, during a session at Benefits Canada’s 2026 Vancouver…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: Supportive environment key factor in helping employees with mental-health challenges stay at work

Early intervention, compassion and offering ongoing support, whether through the benefits plan or as an employer, are central to helping employees struggling with mental-health challenges…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: Unveiling the hidden cost for employers of poor sleep

Poor sleep is affecting employee’s health, productivity and workplace performance, according to Carmen Bellows, registered psychologist and director of mental health at Sun Life Health,…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: Evolving benefits to support women’s health and wealth

Workplace benefits plans can play a crucial role in improving women’s health outcomes, but many haven’t yet evolved to recognize the unique health needs and…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: Integration key to driving health outcomes, reducing claims 

Two years after GreenShield Canada integrated its health services and benefits into one platform for plan members, the insurer has seen significant positive health outcomes.…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: Why employers should invest in hormone health

Most health-care spend isn’t a treatment problem, it’s a timing problem, according to Dr. Kristy Prouse, chief medical advisor of women’s health at Science&Humans, during…

2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: How Vancity is simplifying benefits navigation for employee well-being

Work, wealth and well-being are all connected when it comes to Vancity’s employee rewards program, according to Ivana Afonso, the credit union’s director of total rewards,…

Coverage of the 2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit

As all aspects of employee well-being increasingly overlap, it’s never been more critical to look at the intersection between health and wealth, especially for a…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: Financial resilience planning key as more women diagnosed with chronic illnesses

Driving to a client meeting in 2003, Kate Nazar, then age 30, felt shooting pains up her spine and pulled to the side of the…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: A look at the emerging trends in the gender health gap

A long history of inadequate recognition and support for women’s health has rifted the gender health gap. Indeed, a variety of health issues affect women…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: Unmanaged menopause symptoms show up in mental health, chronic disease, disability claims

While dedicated coverage for women’s midlife health needs improve employee well-being and productivity, it also addresses the costs of unmanaged menopause symptoms that are showing…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: Addressing women’s hormone health can improve productivity, workforce participation

The female hormonal system is a symphony, according to Kristy Prouse (pictured left), chief medical advisor for women’s health at Science&Humans. It’s “one of the…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: What plan sponsors need to know about postpartum depression

While the postpartum period is a significant occasion for the first-time onset of mental-health disorders among women, few women seek help during the postpartum period,…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: Addressing women’s health gap can boost Canada’s productivity

Closing the women’s health gap isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s a “critical lever” towards addressing Canada’s flagging productivity, said Jennifer Foubert, head…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: How plan sponsors can personal goals for support women’s financial empowerment

“Financial autonomy is something a lot of Canadians are striving for every day — alongside that, they can achieve financial empowerment,” said Avnee Patel (pictured…

2026 Women’s Health & Wealth Summit: Panel: Employers urged to remove friction from plan design to support women’s financial health

Employers can remove friction from benefits and pension plan design by encouraging ease of use, communications and reducing decision fatigue, according to a panel discussion…

Coverage of the 2026 DC Plan Summit

Now, more than ever, defined contribution pension plan sponsors have their work cut out for them. The 2026 DC Plan Summit, which was hosted at…

2026 DC Plan Summit: What’s next for pension plan member advice in the evolution of human, digital and AI?

Workplace financial advice has evolved significantly over the past 15 years, moving from in-plan investment advice to more broad financial planning, said Marc-Antoine Morin, assistant…

2026 DC Plan Summit: Reimagining workplace retirement and financial resilience for gen Z

As generation Z’s behaviours, motivators and stressors evolve in real time, a joint research project from Canada Life and Deloitte Canada is aiming to help…

2026 DC Plan Summit: Tackling key retirement risks to achieve better outcomes with DC plans

Canadians’ outlook on retirement has dropped over the last decade, with 82 per cent having a positive attitude 10 years ago compared to 71 per…

2026 DC Plan Summit: Unveiling member perceptions, motivations in workplace savings plans

While more than half (52 per cent) of workplace savings plan members count on the plan as their main source of retirement income, both men…

2026 DC Plan Summit: A practical communications blueprint for a record-keeper transition

During a recent transition between record keepers, KPMG in Canada focused on keeping communications with employees human and simple, including what to say, when to…

2026 DC Plan Summit: Canadian insights on financial stress, retirement and investment preferences

Understanding retirement savers’ views, concerns and points of stress related to their financial lives allows the industry to build investment solutions and craft communications strategies…