Who are the finalists of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards?

The winners will be announced on Friday, Oct. 18 at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto during the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference, an in-person event intended for employers to exchange ideas, best practices and tools for achieving improved employee health outcomes and enhanced organizational performance.

The agenda for the event is available here. Register to attend the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference here.

This year’s finalists are:

Absence Management

• BDO Canada
• Colliers
• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan

Benefits Plan Communications

• BMO Financial Group
• Beneva Inc.
• BDO Canada
• IMAX Corp.

DEI Program

• AstraZeneca Canada
• B.C. Lottery Corp.
• PepsiCo Canada
• University Pension Plan

Drug/Benefits Plan Innovation

• Admiral Insurance
• Alcool NB Liquor
• Symcor Inc.

Financial Wellness Program

• Amazon Canada
• CAA Club Group
• PepsiCo Canada

Future of Work Strategy

• Admiral Insurance
• Fengate Asset Management
• TMX Group Ltd.

HR/Benefits Professional of the Year

• Carol Bennett,  senior advisor, Canadian health and welfare benefits, BMO Financial Group
• Faye Gagne, manager of employee relations and wellness, Henry Schein Canada Inc.
• Bob Constantinidis, director of payroll and benefits, Pizza Pizza Ltd.

Health/Wellness Program (>1,000 employees)

• CAA Club Group
• Ericsson Canada
• Medavie

Health/Wellness Program (<1,000 employees)

• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
• Henry Schein Canada Inc.
• Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Industry Leadership

• Éric Trudel, executive vice-president and leader, group insurance, Beneva Inc.
• Carolyne Eagan, president, Benefits Alliance
• Simone Reitzes, managing director, Medicus Pension Plan

Mental Health Program (>1,000 employees)

• Peel Region
• UAP Inc.
• York Region

Mental Health Program (<1,000 employees)

• Admiral Insurance
• Alcool NB Liquor
• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan

Read: Meet the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards judges

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 at 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 of well-being solutions, Aon; Lidia Pawlikowski, associate vice-president, health consulting, Hub International Ltd.; Lizann Reitmeier, associate director, WTW; and Blake Wolfe, managing editor, Benefits Canada.

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 of HR and benefits, CAA Club Group; Kirsten l’Anson, vice-president of people and culture, Community Savings Credit Union; Joanna Marra, director of wellness, CAA Club Group; Frank Vena, vice-president of HR services, Fidelity Canada; and Janet Young, director of 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 they submitted entries to this year.]

Congratulations again to all of the finalists.

The winners of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards will be announced during the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference. Register to attend here.