{"id":59878,"date":"2026-05-25T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/59878\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:49:12","slug":"2026-vancouver-benefits-summit-how-vancity-is-simplifying-benefits-navigation-for-employee-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/59878\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit: How Vancity is simplifying benefits navigation for employee well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With around 2,700 employees, Vancity is focused on helping staff engage with the programs more holistically to support sustainability and create more meaningful experiences with their benefits over time. \u201cIt\u2019s not what we offer, but how it all comes together,\u201d said Afonso. \u201cIt\u2019s not just one initiative \u2014 it\u2019s a series of connected shifts.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a class=\"text-content__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/benefits\/health-wellness\/vancity-using-data-to-support-employees-financial-mental-health-amid-rising-cost-of-living\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancity using data to support employees\u2019 financial, mental health amid rising cost of living<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>She encouraged plan sponsors to approach benefits from a holistic perspective by focusing on employee feedback, program design, ease of navigation and experience, data utilization and operational implementation, rather than treating each area in isolation.\n<\/p>\n<p>To improve ease of use, Vancity is building a more integrated self-serve employee experience that\u2019s personalized and timely, said Afonso, noting this allows employees to make more informed decisions using their devices and view their \u2014 and their family members\u2019 \u2014 options holistically. The approach helps employees feel more supported throughout their health journeys, she added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t offer everything. We\u2019re constantly navigating simplicity, personalization, cost, impact, equity and flexibility \u2014 and these all have to be intentional choices.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a class=\"text-content__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/archives_\/benefits-canada-archive\/a-deep-dive-into-health-care-navigation-guides\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A deep dive into health-care navigation guides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Employers must be proactive, intentional and preventative, noted Afonso. Vancity uses its own data along with data from insurers to make real-time decisions to support employees. The data helps guide decisions around program sustainability, administrative efficiency and employee impact.\n<\/p>\n<p>For employers, a key part of managing total rewards is consulting their financial, technology and people teams. Financial teams can help account for cost and affordability considerations, while tech teams can support improvements to systems, platforms and data security. People teams can help manage relationships with external providers, insurers and consultants to support program delivery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat matters isn\u2019t the decisions themselves, but how these decisions are experienced by employees.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/benefits\/coverage-of-the-2026-vancouver-benefits-summit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Vancouver Benefits Summit<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With around 2,700 employees, Vancity is focused on helping staff engage with the programs more holistically to support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[25872,13165,25886,4474,25995,4468,4469,25996,95],"class_list":["post-59878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-2026-vancouver-benefits-summit","tag-benefits-data","tag-benefits-plan-design","tag-employee-well-being","tag-flexible-benefits","tag-health-benefits","tag-health-wellness","tag-total-rewards","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}