Benefits Canada is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards.
The awards, which were presented at the end of the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference in Toronto on Oct. 18, recognized employers that are making a substantial difference in their employees’ financial, mental and physical well-being.
This year, Benefits Canada presented awards across 12 categories, with nearly 100 entries and finalists representing 27 different employers across Canada, with a total count of 158,236 Canadian employees between them. Congratulations to all of the finalists!
Read: Who are the finalists of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards?
The winners of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards are:
Absence management program: Colliers
Benefits plan communications: IMAX Corp.
DEI program: PepsiCo Canada
Drug/Benefits Plan Innovation: Admiral Insurance
Financial wellness program: Amazon Canada
Future of Work strategy: TMX Group Ltd.
Health/wellness program (>1,000 employees): CAA Club Group
Health/wellness program (<1,000 employees): Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
HR/Benefits Professional of the Year: Carol Bennett, senior advisor, Canadian health and welfare benefits, BMO Financial Group
Industry Leadership: Éric Trudel, executive vice-president and leader, group insurance, Beneva Inc.
Mental health program (>1,000 employees): Peel Region
Mental health program (<1,000 employees): The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Benefits Canada would like to thank the sponsors for the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Aon, Canada Life, Dexcom, Lundbeck, Medcan, Novo Nordisk and Telus Health Care Centres, as well as supporting sponsors Manulife and Health Solutions by Shoppers Drug Mart.
Benefits Canada would like to extend a huge thank you to the panel of judges that helped select this year’s finalists and winners: Lauren Bailey, associate editor, Benefits Canada; Katharine Coons, national workplace mental health specialist, Canadian Mental Health Association; Matt Davison, Western University’s dean of science and principal researcher, Canada’s Financial Wellness Lab; Jordan Fremont, partner, pensions and benefits team, Stikeman Elliott LLP; Jean-Guy Gauthier, expert in risk and benefits management, CQFD Actuariat; Julie Holden, principal, Holden & Associates; Sadie Janes, associate editor, Benefits Canada; Erin Murphy-Sheriffs, associate vice-president, well-being solutions, Aon; Lidia Pawlikowski, associate vice-president, health consulting, Hub International Ltd.; Lizann Reitmeier, former associate director, WTW; and Blake Wolfe, managing editor, Benefits Canada.
Read: Meet the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards judges
Special thanks also goes out to six of last year’s winners who took part in this year’s awards judging: Anna Fisher, health and wellness director, Flight Centre Travel Group; Nicole Horbatiuk, director, HR and benefits, CAA Club Group; Kirsten l’Anson, vice-president, people and culture, Community Savings Credit Union; Joanna Marra, director, wellness, CAA Club Group; Frank Vena, vice-president, HR services, Fidelity Canada; and Janet Young, director, well-being and health services, Telus Communications Inc.
[Note: The representatives from CAA Club Group and Fidelity Canada, both featured as finalists again this year, didn’t judge the respective categories to which they submitted entries for the 2024 awards.]
More detailed stories about all of the award winners will be featured on our website and in our newsletter over the next two weeks. Please also stay tuned for the December issue of the magazine, which will include additional information about all of the winners, as well as coverage of the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference.
Congratulations again to all of the winners and finalists!