Brooke Smith

A chronic disease (such as high blood pressure, diabetes) is one that can be modified by behaviour. But behaviour modification isn’t easy. According to Green Shield Canada’s 2013/14 Age Band Study, results from respondents in their 20s through to their 60s showed that the use of drugs for chronic disease was not only prevalent in […]

  • April 8, 2015 September 13, 2019
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I remember my first summer job at a company that delivered bottled propane, oxygen and other volatile gases. It was the early 1980s, so, of course, employees were allowed to smoke in the office. Ashtrays littered the desks of those who couldn’t kick the habit.

  • April 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
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Despite their growing popularity within DB pension plans, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are relative wallflowers in the DC world.

  • March 18, 2015 September 13, 2019
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Why aren’t DC plans including ETFs in their rosters?

  • March 18, 2015 September 13, 2019
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The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan is needed because Ontarians' workplace pension plan coverage is low, and they aren't saving enough, according to Associate Minister of Finance Mitzie Hunter.

  • March 5, 2015 September 13, 2019
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What's the outlook for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the institutional space? Favourable.

  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
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Coverage of the 2015 ETF Summit

  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
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Employees still continue to suffer from mental illnesses. And the latest stats prove it.

  • January 29, 2015 September 13, 2019
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Hope economists are right about how equities will do over the next year? Don't hope too much.

  • January 21, 2015 September 13, 2019
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What’s the impact of older worker in the workplace?

  • December 10, 2014 September 13, 2019
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