Sponsors and Partners

Sponsors

Global HR outsourcing and consulting firm Hewitt Associates designs and conducts the study. The Globe and Mail's Report on Business magazine reviews Hewitt's preliminary analysis and publishes the list of the Best Employers in Canada. Queen's School of Business and Queen's Centre for Business Venturing use the survey methodology and resulting data to assist small and medium employers with leadership and management, and to conduct research.

The Best Employers in Canada study is pleased to welcome the National Quality Institute (NQI) as a sponsor. NQI is an independent, not-for-profit, organization that is committed to advancing organizational excellence across Canada. A Board of Governors comprised of leaders from the private sector, public sector, health care, and the not-for-profit sector, governs NQI.

Since its inception, NQI has helped thousands of Canadian organizations in both the private and public sectors. As Canada’s national authority on Quality and Healthy Workplace® practices, NQI has created a uniquely Canadian model, providing measurable standards for all Canadian organizations.

NQI assists Canadian organizations to improve performance by providing:

• a principle-driven, criteria-based way to implement organizational excellence
• Progressive Excellence Programs (NQI PEP®)
• national recognition through the Canada Awards for Excellence
• education and assessment services
• advisory and coaching services

Partners

The list of the 50 Best Employers in Canada will be published in the French daily newspaper La Presse on the same day it appears in Report on Business magazine.

The Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA) represents the interests of more than 30,000 human resources professionals across Canada through its provincial member associations. It facilitates the communication of learnings from the study to its members (www.cchra-ccarh.ca).

Workopolis is Canada's leading provider of Internet recruitment and job search solutions. 47 of the 50 Best Employers in Canada of 2006 have posted jobs on workopolis.com. As a study partner, it will showcase the learnings on its site and through its e-newsletters. (www.workopolis.com).

Research Partner, 2010 Study

Founded in 1995, CBSR is a business-led, non-profit CSR consultancy and peer-to-peer learning organization that provides its members with candid counsel and customized advisory services as they formulate powerful business decisions that improve performance and contribute to a better world. For more information please visit www.cbsr.ca.

If your organization is interested in becoming a study partner, please e-mail us at bestemployerscanada@hewitt.com.