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OpenText employees volunteer to support a local Habitat for Humanity build Together and apart – the OCAS team of over 100 employees proudly supports The team members at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada celebrated the in Kitchener the Ontario college system and learners from around the world. production of their nine millionth vehicle this year.

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Now in its 14th year, Waterloo Area’s Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in the Kitchener-Waterloo area that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. Employers are evaluated by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers using the same eight criteria as the national competition: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skill Development; and (8) Community Involvement. Employers are compared to other organizations in their field to determine which offers the most progressive and forward-thinking programs.

AET Group Inc. leaves of absence and one-week self-funded leaves 29 full-time employees - Allianz Global Assistance helps employees save for Crawford & Company the longer term through generous matching RSP www.aet98.com contributions – and employees may share in the (Canada) Inc. AET Group Inc. is an international environmental successes of the company through a formal year-end 1133 full-time employees consulting firm. bonus program www.crawfordandcompany.ca - Allianz Global Assistance helps employees balance - As an environmental consulting firm, AET encourages its their working and personal lives through a number of Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. is a provider of employees to walk the talk with generous public transit flexible work options, including flex hours, shortened insurance adjusting and risk management services subsidies (offers a 60 per cent reimbursement for transit and compressed work weeks as well as working from to insurance companies and public institutions. costs), as well as generous subsidies for new bicycles (to home as needed - Crawford & Company supports ongoing employee $200) and the purchase of hybrid and electric cars (from development through in-house and online training $1,000 to $1,500) BlackBerry Limited initiatives, as well as offering tuition subsidies for - AET encourages ongoing employee development courses related to their current position – and supports through in-house and online training and generous 1918 full-time employees children of employees through an academic scholarship tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions (to www.blackberry.com program (up to $3,300) $2,500 annually) – and helps to develop younger talent - Crawford & Company cultivates an ownership culture with paid internships and mentoring programs BlackBerry Limited is a cybersecurity software and services company, specializing in end-to- through a share purchase plan, available to all employees - As a smaller employer, AET encourages its employees – and offers a number of additional financial incentives, to make a big impact in their community with paid end enterprise network protection for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. including profit-sharing and year-end bonuses for all, as volunteer time off (up to 2 days annually), along with an well as contributions to a defined contribution pension unlimited matching charitable donations program - As part the health plan, BlackBerry Limited offers a plan wellness spending account as well as mental health Allianz Global Assistance support through an employee assistance plan and a dedicated mental health practitioners benefit (to $1,500 D2L Corporation Canada annually 626 full-time employees 848 full-time employees - BlackBerry Limited support employees over the www.d2l.com www.allianz-assistance.ca longer term with retirement planning assistance and contributions to a matching RSP plan – employees Founded in 1999, D2L Corporation is a developer of Allianz Global Assistance Canada, formerly known may also be able to share in the company’s successes e-learning software for the education, government as Mondial Assistance Canada, is a provider of through share purchase and year-end bonus programs and corporate sectors. specialty insurance and assistance services. - BlackBerry Limited strongly encourages ongoing - D2L encourages employees to become recruiters for the - Allianz Global Assistance starts its new employees with employee learning through in-house and online training firm with new employee referral bonuses, from $100 to three weeks of paid vacation and offers three paid initiatives as well as through generous tuition subsidies $2,000 depending on the position personal days off to help employees balance their work (to $6,000 annually) for courses related and not directly - D2L supports its own Wellness Committee that works and personal lives – and employees can apply for unpaid related to their current position to provide wellness resources including a wellness map, WATERLOO REGION RECORD Thursday, December 3, 2020 B3

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mental health resources, a healthy eating program, position through a defined benefit pension plan, Farm Mutual Re weight management resources to quit smoking – and - Equitable Life encourages employees to get involved provides retirement planning assistance and phased-in CELEbRATInG ThE bEST pLACES To woRk participates in the Bell Let’s Talk initiative and Not in the community with one paid volunteer day off each work options to help those nearing retirement transition Myself Today program to address mental health issues year as well as offering matching charitable donations in the workplace - Equitable Life’s health benefits plan includes a wellness Glen Dimplex Americas Limited - D2L provides maternity leave top-up payments for new spending account and the company supports a Wellness mothers (to 100 per cent of salary for the first two weeks Committee that hosts numerous awareness events and 120 full-time employees and 80 per cent of salary for six additional weeks) and educational initiatives every year www.glendimplexamericas.com offers the option to extend their leave into an unpaid Glen Dimplex Americas Limited, a member of the leave of absence along with phased-in return to work eSentire Inc. Glen Dimplex Group, is a manufacturer of electric options when ready to come back 292 full-time employees heaters, media consoles, and wall-mounts. www.esentire.com Energy+ Inc. - Glen Dimplex Americas helps employees plan for the eSentire Inc. is a provider of cyber security services future with retirement planning assistance as well as 123 full-time employees for asset management and financial firms. providing RSP contributions www.energyplus.ca - Glen Dimplex Americas starts new employees with - eSentire encourages ongoing employee training with three weeks of paid vacation and considers previous Energy+ Inc., formerly Cambridge and North tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions, in- work experience when setting vacation entitlement for Dumfries Hydro Inc., is a supplier of energy to more house and online training programs as well as supports than 52,000 homes and businesses. younger people entering the workforce through experienced candidates apprenticeship and paid internship programs - Glen Dimplex Americas encourages employees to - Along with hosting regular Live Event Virtual become recruiters for the company with new employee Communication meetings, Energy+ Inc. hosted daily - eSentire supports its new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 66.7 per cent of salary for up to referral bonuses, from $500 to $1000 depending on the updates on company’s intranet for employees working position from home and has set-up additional locations for six weeks) – employees may also have the opportunity operational employees to help facilitate easier physical to take advantage of flexible hours and telecommuting distancing work options to help balance their work and personal Gore Mutual Insurance - Energy+ Inc. offers employees a variety of alternative lives - Along with signing and year-end bonus programs for Company working options to help balance their work and 388 full-time employees personal lives (varying by position) and supports an some employees, eSentire encourages all employees employee wellness committee that organizes a variety to become recruiters for the firm with generous new www.goremutual.ca employee referral bonuses, up to $5,000 of events during the year, from an onsite health fair, Established in 1839, Gore Mutual Insurance to yoga and stretching classes, to weekly visits from a Company is a provider of personal and commercial wellness coach Farm Mutual Re insurance services to small and medium sized - Energy+ Inc. supports ongoing employee education with 91 full-time employees businesses. generous tuition subsidies for courses related and not www.farmmutualre.com directly related to their current position – the company - Employees at Gore Mutual Insurance can take also reaches out to the next generation of employees Formed in 1959, Farm Mutual Re is a mutual advantage Total Health Care Index Assessment as part through summer employment, co-op placements, paid reinsurance company that provides farm, personal of their health plan – the initiative offers confidential internships and apprenticeship programs and commercial insurance products to members assessments to help learn more about their total health from across the country. status and risk areas (and employees receive free membership to an onsite fitness facility) The Equitable Life Insurance - Farm Mutual recently introduced a holistic employee wellness program designed to help employees adopt - Gore Mutual Insurance focuses its charitable efforts Company of Canada and make healthy lifestyle choices – the initiative on initiatives that support youth, the community, 761 full-time employees features personal coaching, fitness, wellness challenges and keeping families safe from harm, and provides www.equitable.ca and as part of the health plan employee receive a employees paid days off to volunteer (with no annual flexible health spending account as well as a dedicated max) – employees have even built a community Established in 1920, the Equitable Life Insurance mental health practitioners benefit garden onsite and regularly donate their harvest to the Company of Canada is an independent mutual - Farm Mutual encourages employees to volunteer for the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank life insurance company that provides insurance, initiatives that are important to them by offering one - Gore Mutual Insurance offers maternity leave top-up investment and annuity products. paid day off for volunteering in the community as well payments to employees who are new mothers (to 100 - Equitable Life encourages employees to recruit their as offering each employee $200 to donate to the charity per cent of salary for up to six weeks) and supports friends through a generous new employee referral of their choosing employees who want to start a family with a subsidy for bonus program, from $500 to $3,000, depending on the - Along with helping employees save for the future IVF if needed (to $5,000) B4 Thursday, December 3, 2020 WATERLOO REGION RECORD

WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 Home Hardware Stores Limited - Northern Digital encourages lifelong learning with OpenText Corporation 2236 full-time employees tuition subsidies for courses related and indirectly 2036 full-time employees related to an employees’ current role (to $1,000) and www.homehardware.ca also provides subsidies for professional accreditation www.opentext.com Home Hardware Stores Limited is a leader in - Northern Digital cultivates an ownership culture through OpenText Corporation is Canada’s largest software hardware distribution and retail. a share purchase plan, available to all employees, and company, specializing in enterprise information - As part of the health benefits plan, Home Hardware offers generous referral bonuses for employees who management software for all types of businesses offers the services of a dedicated Wellness Consultant successfully refer a candidate (up to $2,500) – and as well as public sector clients worldwide. who provides (via chat during the pandemic) free fitness introduced additional spot bonuses during the pandemic - Located on the University of Waterloo’s campus (where classes, meditation, stretching breaks, and more the company’s founders have their roots), OpenText is a - Home Hardware provides retirement planning assistance OCAS Application Services, Inc. strong supporter of ongoing employee education with services and helps employees save for the future through 90 full-time employees tuition subsidies for courses related and not directly a defined contribution pension plan www.ocas.ca related to their current position (to $3,000 annually) - Located in the town of St. Jacobs, Home Hardware along with a variety of in-house and online training employees enjoy working in a rural community with OCAS Application Services Inc. provides options easy access to walking trails, open countryside and a administrative systems and application processing - OpenText offers a variety of alternative work options, head office that features community garden plots for services to Ontario’s colleges. including flexible hours, shortened and compressed employees and their families to manage – and the town - OCAS Application Services offers generous maternity work options as well as working from home options is only a short drive to the urban amenities of Kitchener and parental leave top-up payments to employees - OpenText offers a full suite of financial benefits, ranging and Waterloo who are new mothers and fathers, including adoptive from matching RSP contributions, a share purchase plan parents (to 93 per cent of salary for a full year) (available to all employees) and profit-sharing NAVBLUE - OCAS Application Services supports ongoing employee 176 full-time employees development with generous tuition subsidies for courses Reid’s Heritage Homes Ltd. www.navblue.aero at outside institutions, up to $2,500 for courses related 167 full-time employees to their current position NAVBLUE, previously Navtech Systems Support www.reidsheritagehomes.com - Along with over four weeks of starting vacation Inc., is a developer of flight operation software for allowance, OCAS Application Services provides paid Established in 1978, Reid’s Heritage Homes Ltd. is a the commercial aviation industry. time off during the winter holidays (up to five days) and home-building company in southwestern Ontario. - NAVBLUE’s maintains a local charitable focus and summer months (up to five days) - Reid’s Heritage Group of Companies offers a wellness encourages employees to get involved with one paid spending account of $250 per year and through the volunteer day, matching charitable donations (to social and wellness committee, organizes lunch and $100) and $200 donations for every 100 hours that an ON Semiconductor 172 full-time employees learns on various topics such as healthy eating, cooking, employee volunteers wellness, organization and fitness - NAVBLUE supports ongoing employee development www.onsemi.com - Reid’s Heritage Group of Companies supports its new with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions ON Semiconductor is a designer and manufacturer moms with maternity leave top-up payments, to 80 per (to $1,000 annually) as well as through in-house and of integrated mixed-signal products and structured cent of salary for up to 17 weeks online training programs digital products for the automotive, medical and - Along with helping employees save for the future, Reid’s - Employees at NAVBLUE can pay a little extra to enhance industrial sectors. Heritage Group of Companies provides retirement their health benefit coverage levels – and employees planning assistance and phased-in work options for can take advantage of a number of unique services, - ON Semiconductor invests in ongoing employee those nearing retirement from My Childcare to access to emergency childcare at development with generous tuition subsidies for no cost to the newly established (during the pandemic) courses related and indirectly related to an employees’ GOeVisit for direct online access to medical advice and current role (to $7,000) and also provides subsidies for System1 Canada ULC feedback professional accreditation 66 full-time employees - ON Semiconductor starts new employees with three www.qool.com weeks of paid vacation along with ten paid personal Northern Digital Inc. / NDI System1 Canada ULC is a marketing and advertising 141 full-time employees days off every year – existing employees can also apply for an unpaid leave of absence (up to six months) firm located in Guelph, Ontario. www.ndigital.com - ON Semiconductor encourages its employees to System1 Canada ULC supports ongoing employee Northern Digital Inc. specializes in the design, become recruiters for the company through generous development through in-house and online training manufacture and sale of advanced spatial new employee referral bonuses, ranging from $250 to programs as well as tuition subsidies for courses related measurement systems. $5,000, depending on the position and not directly related to their current position WATERLOO REGION RECORD Thursday, December 3, 2020 B5

WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 OpenText Corporation - Along with 3.4 weeks of starting vacation allowance, committee organizes related events such as yoga classes Wilfrid Laurier University 2036 full-time employees System1 Canada ULC provides employees with up to and fireside chats with mental health and counselling seven paid days off during the winter holiday season 1690 full-time employees www.opentext.com professionals – and employees can also apply for an unpaid leave of - Vidyard offers generous referral bonuses as an incentive www.wlu.ca absence with duration determined on a case-by-case OpenText Corporation is Canada’s largest software for employees who recruit candidates from their personal Founded in 1910, Wilfrid Laurier University is a company, specializing in enterprise information basis networks, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on post-secondary educational institution. management software for all types of businesses - System1 Canada ULC supports an employee Wellness the position as well as public sector clients worldwide. Committee that organizes everything from discounted - Wilfrid Laurier University focuses on the longer term rates with local gyms to visits by massage therapists, welfare of its employees with a health benefits plan - Located on the University of Waterloo’s campus (where nutritionists and mental health professionals – and the WalterFedy Inc. the company’s founders have their roots), OpenText is a that extends to retirees (with 100 per cent premium company’s health plan features a dedicated mental 171 full-time employees strong supporter of ongoing employee education with health practitioners benefits (to $500 annually) coverage and no age limit) and offers further peace of tuition subsidies for courses related and not directly www.walterfedy.com mind through defined benefit and defined contribution related to their current position (to $3,000 annually) Toyota Motor Manufacturing Founded in 1951, WalterFedy Inc. is an integrated pension plans – retirees can also keep in touch through along with a variety of in-house and online training architecture, engineering and construction firm. social and educational opportunities organized by a options Canada Inc. / TMMC dedicated retirees’ association, and continue to receive - OpenText offers a variety of alternative work options, 9601 full-time employees - As part of WalterFedy’s health benefits plan, employees access to the university’s athletic facilities and libraries including flexible hours, shortened and compressedwww.tmmc.ca receive a generous health spending account of $1,400 work options as well as working from home options per year, allowing them to customize coverage to suit - Wilfrid Laurier University hosts an annual wellness week - OpenText offers a full suite of financial benefits, rangingTMMC is the largest manufacturer of Toyota their needs and, in light of the pandemic, collaborated with external from matching RSP contributions, a share purchase plan vehicles outside of Japan, producing over 570,000 - WalterFedy helps employees balance the unexpected partners to offer webinars and e-learning on a variety vehicles annually for the North American market. (available to all employees) and profit-sharing challenges of day-to-day with flexible work hours, work of topics including building resilience, isolation and - TMMC helps employees prepare for life after work from home options, three paid personal days per year loneliness, and anxiety and depression Reid’s Heritage Homes Ltd. through retirement planning assistance services, a (which can be scheduled as needed), and up to 10 paid - Wilfrid Laurier University supports employees who are defined contribution pension plan (employee hired prior sick days annually new parents (including adoptive) with maternity and 167 full-time employees to 2014 participate in a defined benefit pension plan) as www.reidsheritagehomes.com - WalterFedy supports a number of local and national parental leave top-up, to 95 per cent of salary ranging well as a health benefits plan that extends to retirees charitable organizations each year and offers two paid with no age limit from 10 to 25 weeks – and offers the option to extend Established in 1978, Reid’s Heritage Homes Ltd. is a days off for employees to volunteer – in 2019, the home-building company in southwestern Ontario. - TMMC provides generous time-off policies, starting their leave into an unpaid leave of absence new employees with 3.8 weeks of paid vacation and organization donated an impressive 3,500 volunteer - Reid’s Heritage Group of Companies offers a wellness ultimately moving to over six weeks after a decade on hours on company time spending account of $250 per year and through the the job – longer serving employees may also apply for WS Audiology Canada Inc. social and wellness committee, organizes lunch and an unpaid leave of absence Waterloo North Hydro Inc. 64 full-time employees learns on various topics such as healthy eating, cooking, - TMMC encourages employees to volunteer in the 122 full-time employees wellness, organization and fitness community with paid time off, matching employee www.sivantos.com - Reid’s Heritage Group of Companies supports its new charitable donations and financial donations for www.wnhydro.com WS Audiology Canada Inc. is a leading manufacturer moms with maternity leave top-up payments, to 80 per employees who volunteer their time (to $500 for every Established in 1905, Waterloo North Hydro Inc. is a of hearing aids, manufacturing one out of every cent of salary for up to 17 weeks 50 hours volunteered) provider of regulated electricity distribution services - Along with helping employees save for the future, Reid’s four hearing aids used worldwide including hearing to over 57,000 residential and business customers Heritage Group of Companies provides retirement aids sold under the Siemens, Signia, Audio Service, planning assistance and phased-in work options for Vidyard in the City of Waterloo and the Townships of Rexton and A&M brands. 197 full-time employees Wellesley and Woolwich. those nearing retirement - WS Audiology Canada Inc. offers referral bonuses as an www.vidyard.com - Waterloo North Hydro encourages ongoing training and incentive for employees to recruit candidates from their development through a variety of in-house and online System1 Canada ULC Vidyard is a developer of an online video platform. personal networks, up to $1,000 per successful hire training programs, as well as tuition subsidies for courses 66 full-time employees - Vidyard supports its new moms and dads, including - WS Audiology Canada Inc. invests in ongoing employee at external institutions – and is helping develop the next www.qool.com adoptive parents, with maternity and parental leave development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at top-up payments (up to 17 weeks) and encourages all generation of employees through apprenticeships, paid System1 Canada ULC is a marketing and advertising external institutions as well as subsidies for professional employees to balance their work and personal lives with internships and co-op placements firm located in Guelph, Ontario. accreditation a variety of flexible work options - Waterloo North Hydro manages an ongoing wellness System1 Canada ULC supports ongoing employee - Vidyard encourages employees to take a proactive program that includes fitness classes and wellness - As part of WS Audiology Canada Inc. ‘ health benefits development through in-house and online training approach in managing their health and well-being competitions, training on topics such as mental health plan, the company offers a wellness spending account programs as well as tuition subsidies for courses related through a wellness spending account of up to $1,000 and nutrition, and opportunities for employees to work of $400, which can be used to offset the cost of related and not directly related to their current position per year – additionally, the company’s wellness with wellness consultants expenses B6 Thursday, December 3, 2020 WATERLOO REGION RECORD

WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 GORE MUTUAL 181 years in It’s an exciting time to business be an employee at Gore Mutual ambridge, Ontario’s What makes Gore Mutual a CGore Mutual has been top employer? $1,000 providing insurance to One factor is employee given to all Canadians since 1839. You education and career growth. employees to don’t stay in business for 181 set-up their years by staying still. The “The opportunity, more than home offices company’s motto – “Go ever, for our people to Forward” – reflects that. transform their skill set is really exciting,” said Boyle. Gore Mutual is undergoing a Gore Mutual employees collaborating in the company’s Discovery Concourse last year. massive transformation, Gore Mutual employees can opening the door to many upgrade their skills and gain home or adopt a hybrid new opportunities for the certifications through model. Gore Mutual offers employees a number of health and wellness learning programs. Staff are company. “We’re trying to stay given financial support and programs including virtual health care coverage that allows “Over the next few years, connected in this non- them to instantly connect with Canadian doctors 24/7 from Gore Mutual will become a time off for this. physically-connected world.” their phone, tablet or computer. national scale insurer driven Benefits and more Why work for Gore Mutual? by world-class technology Gore Mutual also supports its and operations,” said Chief Now is the time to be part of employees through its robust Giving employees options new normal, they have given Human Resources Officer something special. As the some employees the option to Sonia Boyle. “This is one of benefits packages, vacation When COVID-19 hit, Gore company thinks about where come back to the office, but the most exciting times in the time, staff discounts and Mutual was quick to pivot. it wants to be in 10 years, you history of our business and health and wellness programs. “We transformed everybody with strict health and safety can be part of that change. will completely change how Employees can also purchase to be 100 per cent work-from- protocols in place. People Check out current job we deliver insurance to our home and auto insurance at home,” said Boyle. But as the like having the option to opportunities at goremutual. brokers and customers.” greatly reduced rates company has adjusted to the either keep working from ca/workhere.

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WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 Founded in Home hardware 1964 Making talent and culture in St. Jacobs, a competitive advantage Ontario ome Hardware is proud Creating culture and Hto be named one of wellness Waterloo Area’s Top At Home Hardware, we value Employers. We are an award- community culture and winning business with a wellness. That’s why we have 100% history of working with the right programs in place to Canadian people who have an award- support our employees: social owned and winning attitude. We are and charitable events, operated locally owned and genuinely wellness programs, career Canadian and exist to serve advancement opportunities the essential needs of over and environmental initiatives. An employee harvests fresh vegetables from Home Hardware’s Community Garden in St. Jacobs, Ontario. 1,050 communities across Each week, staff and volunteers deliver the fresh produce to local charities to help feed families in need. Employees benefit from Canada. instructor-led classes on homemade meals, salads – all benefiting local Our success as a company is meditation, fitness and and treats. During the Recognized as one of Canada’s charities. made possible because of the stretching, all of which are warmer months, we have Home Hardware takes outstanding efforts of our Best Managed Companies in 2020 now hosted virtually. In an outdoor picnic table great pride and honour in dealers and our employees. March 2020, we also launched area where employees can receiving this special enjoy their food in a We have a caring and a new Employee Family that spans over one acre. designation. In Canada, physically distanced way. connected culture – fostering Assistance Program, focusing Employees and their families there are many good Nearby greenspace means respect and teamwork. on mental health. Employees manage 36 plots, and an companies, but few great easy access to trails, where As we reflect on the past and can request consultations and additional 1/3 of an acre is ones. Home Hardware is employees can take walks look to the future, we are advice on mental health, preserved for fresh food committed to being one of during their breaks. excited to share our nutrition, physical activity donations. This year, our Canada’s greatest companies. and more. Making local food accessible commitment of making talent dedicated team of employees For more informaton about and culture a competitive Our cafeteria offers subsidized Located in St. Jacobs, Ontario, and volunteers harvested over Home Hardware, visit us at advantage. pricing on prepackaged we offer a Community Garden 3,500 pounds of fresh produce www.homehardware.ca.

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WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 NAVBLUE 300+ aviation Employee engagement customers and well-being come first around at NAVBLUE the globe AVBLUE is an Airbus affording employees mobility NServices company, wholly in employment, reducing owned by Airbus, and dedicated summer core hours and to Flight Operations & Air enhancing vacation packages. Traffic Management Solutions. 6 “Our organization continues to offices For NAVBLUE, the path to prioritize employee well-being worldwide earning its Top Employers while balancing the business recognition was blazed by the needs,” Lagaillarde added. people for whom it mattered “One of our core values The NAVBLUE Team hits the ice for a fun afternoon of laughs and team bonding. most – its employees. includes a ‘Fun-Loving “We listened to our employees Attitude,’ which is embraced social events, a central stay at the vanguard of a resource centre for competitive field. through an engagement survey and driven throughout the “Our organization continues to and focus groups and organization, including our top COVID-19 information, “NAVBLUE is at the prioritize employee well-being while significantly enhanced our management.” and access to virtual crossroads of two very doctor’s appointments and balancing the business needs.” programs based on their COVID-19 has dramatically innovative industries: online mental health feedback,” Thomas Lagaillarde, impacted the aviation industry, – Thomas Lagaillarde aviation and computer supports. head of Product Portfolio and and NAVBLUE has prioritized science,” he said. “We aim Programmes, Managing “During the lockdown at attracting top talent and supporting its staff to promote ‘new normal’ post-COVID Director Canada, explained. phase, we also realized providing them with a health and safety, whilst would look like for working to minimize workforce that our normal way of working dynamic environment to create Lagaillarde said the NAVBLUE NAVBLUE..” team has prioritized a variety of impact. Working from home is may never look the same disrupting digital solutions to initiatives – offering flexible just part of it – NAVBLUE also again,” he said. “We launched a Ultimately, a collaborative enhance safety, efficiency and benefits, improving prioritized connection, working group to survey our approach with their employees, global sustainability.” communications, investing in providing dedicated employee base, listen, and a clear mission, and shared Find current opportunities at an improved office footprint, communication spaces, virtual propose to management what a core values helps NAVBLUE navblue.aero/careers. WATERLOO REGION RECORD Thursday, December 3, 2020 B9

WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 Serving OCAS APPLiCATiON SERViCES, iNC. Ontario’s Talent and kindness go a 26 public long way at OCAS colleges If you’ve applied for a college employee turnover. program in Ontario within the OCAS has supported the last 27 years, you likely did it community throughout the Supporting through OCAS. This Guelph- pandemic through blood based organization is a top donations, a food drive, and over employer, giving employees sponsoring a scholarship with the opportunity to grow with 250,000 the Children’s Foundation of learners the organization. Guelph and Wellington. each year Proud of the role OCAS plays Connecting during a in higher education, David pandemic Hong, Vice-President, Together and apart – our incredible team of over 100 employees proudly supports the Ontario college Socializing became difficult, Customer and Employee system and learners from around the world. with everyone working Success, said, “It’s rewarding remotely. So as an organization who were facing For Hong, there are many … What we do has a direct that values relationships, challenges, such as child reasons: for one, they have impact on society.” “when we understand that people OCAS moved cultural care. great benefits and a defined are multidimensional, you create A positive environment activities – such as morning The whole-person pension plan. There’s also When hiring, OCAS looks for coffee chats, virtual Boggle perspective an understanding of compassion.” the lighter side of it: “It’s brilliant minds, but they also challenges, themed photo At OCAS, team members – David Hong, Vice-President, fun to work here. We have value kindness. Everyone who sharing, and Questions of the are more than just Customer and Employee Success a fun squad.” works at OCAS is a team Day – online. “We’re trying to employees – they’re whole As an organization that is player. This has created a create space for people to people. “When we continually growing and collaborative environment, connect,” said Hong. understand that people are the organization can offer changing, OCAS is always where everyone feels valued Because OCAS is such a multidimensional,” said Hong, programming that benefits looking out for fresh talent. and supported by peers and the supportive environment, team “you create an understanding them in all aspects of life. leadership team. Because of members really stepped up of compassion.” By viewing Check out open positions at this, the organization has low early on and helped colleagues employees through this lens, Why work for OCAS? OCAS.ca/careers.

Proud to be a Waterloo Area Top Employer At OCAS, we support over 250,000 individuals each year on their college journeys. We do this through our team of over 100 employees whose hard work and dedication make it all possible. Thank you to our incredible team for making us one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers for the sixth year in a row.

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WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 OPENTEXT 80% of Fortune 1000 Innovation fuels growth at companies use OpenText to OpenText manage f any company is set up to of the pandemic but agreed information Itake on today’s challenges, that being a tech company it’s OpenText. Soon to be made the transition easier. celebrating its 30th Recent successes anniversary, this Waterloo, Ontario, success story has its The nature of the business and the ability to switch to 64 innovative spirit to thank for offices these years of growth. virtual rather seamlessly have allowed OpenText to continue worldwide Now with 14,000 employees to grow and thrive. In fact, globally, OpenText is helping this recent Q1 was its best. other companies go digital “We all went into it with a bit OpenText employees volunteer to support a local Habitat for Humanity build in Kitchener with its cloud-based of trepidation,” said Why work for OpenText? platforms. McGourlay. “Our teams The team at OpenText is Pandemic response delivered.” Beginning as a University of waterloo project that developed continuing to push the Innovation and inclusivity In March, OpenText’s staff software to index the Oxford English dictionary, OpenText boundaries of Information went from working in offices It’s easy to see why OpenText has since grown to be one of Canada’s largest technology Management. This year, to 95 per cent virtual. James is a top employer, as it is a companies. Today, OpenText remains proudly headquartered OpenText has hired 375 new McGourlay, Executive Vice- company that values both employees in the Toronto- President, Customer in waterloo with 64 offices worldwide. innovation and the people Waterloo Corridor and is Operations, provided insights: who work for it. There are looking to hire 300 more “We have a great IT many interesting roles between the Waterloo infrastructure in place; we opportunities for prospective build. Right now, most healthy recipe ideas from a and Richmond Hill offices. use many of our own employees, who then build employees are working from nutritionist, and a fitness products. We’re a very digital long-term careers at OpenText home, but OpenText has instructor who sends weekly To chart your career path at organization.” McGourlay because of the support they found new ways to support videos of exercises they can OpenText; visit: careers. acknowledged the challenges receive and culture they help them, including access to do at home. opentext.com.

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WATERLOO AREA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 Over Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada $1.35 million in The Toyota team stepped up donations and took action in 2020 (2019) afe work is the foundation things better?’” Sof everything Toyota does, TMMC halted production in and this focus is helping the March, asking employees to 19 company get through a stay home for seven weeks. JD Power IQS challenging year During this unprecedented Awards for Toyota Motor Manufacturing time, TMMC remained fully manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has, once committed to its team, again, been named one of maintaining full wages and Waterloo Region’s Top benefits. The team members at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada celebrated the production of their nine millionth vehicle this year. Employers. While the That’s when the magic Fanshawe College to date, there have been zero company’s unwavering focus happened. on its team members, design a low-cost, easy-to- “Nothing is more important to us cases of on-site COVID-19 communities and customers “Our team members stepped use medical ventilator for transmission. than ensuring a safe and healthy has certainly helped earn this up. At a time when the world patients fighting COVID- TMMC receives high recognition, TMMC President was in a panic, they came 19, and partnering with work environment for our marks for employee Frank Voss says the together, put their fellow team local companies to develop Team Members.” members and their engagement, training and commitment of its team a prototype device that uses – Frank Voss, President, Toyota communities first, and took UV technology to disinfect skills development, and members to Toyota’s values is Motor Manufacturing Canada what’s truly responsible for its action.” against COVID-19. community investment. Employees love the success. TMMC task forces studied, On top of its significant PPE to health care facilities generous vacation “2020 has been a tough year designed and implemented annual donations, TMMC and first responders across the package, retirement planning for everyone, but I was really new COVID-19 safety donated $75,000 to three local region. assistance, pension plan and proud of how our team protocols that would be food banks and loaned a savings options, and retiree responded to the challenge,” required for reopening. forklift to the Food Bank of In mid-May, TMMC resumed health benefits plan. said Voss. “They asked, Team members also used the Waterloo Region. TMMC also production and hasn’t looked ‘What’s the right thing to time to make the world a better made $5,000 donations to five back, producing its nine To learn how to become a part do?’ and ‘How can we make place, collaborating with local shelters, and donated millionth vehicle this year. To of the magic, visit tmmc.ca.

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