Course

Canadian Total Rewards

This four-day virtual course provides a holistic and employee-centric view of the total rewards landscape. Addressing both fundamentals and emerging trends, you’ll learn what you need to know to design, develop and implement an effective and sustainable total rewards strategy.

Topics Covered

  1. Understanding the Total Rewards Philosophy and Value for Employees and Employers
  2. Building Blocks of Total Rewards:
    1. Compensation
    2. Health and Group Benefits
    3. Pension and Retirement Savings
    4. Learning, Career Development and Recognition
    5. Wellness and Work/Life Balance
  3. Developing Stakeholder Partnerships and Getting Leadership/Cross-functional Team Buy-in
  4. Implementation and Effective Total Rewards Communications
  5. Review, Assess, Revisit

Course Outline

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Course Applies To

April 2026

April 28 - May 1, 2026

Pricing

Through March 17, 2026

C$995.00

Member

C$1,215.00

Nonmember

After March 17, 2026

C$1,295.00

Member

C$1,515.00

Nonmember

Continuing Education

Educational sessions at this program can qualify for CEBS Compliance credit. Visit www.cebs.org/compliance for more information.

Agenda

April 2026

Tuesday, April 28 - Friday, May 1, 2026

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Module 1: Understanding the Total Rewards Philosophy & Value for Employees and Employers

Gain a solid understanding of the total rewards (TR) framework and its core elements, its alignment with business and HR, and its impact on talent attraction, retention and motivation strategies

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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Module 2: Developing Stakeholder Partnerships and Getting Leadership/Cross-functional Team Buy-in

Learn why organizations need to invest in total rewards for employees, and how to develop partnerships across stakeholders

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1:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Module 3: Building Blocks of Total Rewards – Compensation

Understand the purpose and goals of compensation in a TR framework, the design and management of an effective compensation system, and contemporary and emerging compensation management practices

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11:00 AM - 12:45 PM

Module 4: Building Blocks of Total Rewards - Health and Group Benefits

Gain a general understanding of health and group benefits terminology, best practices and emerging trends, and how best to align the health and group benefits offering with the TR philosophy, objectives and values

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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Module 5: Building Blocks of Total Rewards - Learning, Career Development & Recognition

Understand the value of talent development in an organization’s growth, productivity and talent management strategy

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11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Module 6: Building Blocks of Total Rewards - Pension and Retirement Savings

Gain a general understanding of pension and retirement savings terminology, best practices and emerging trends, and how best to align the pension and retirement savings offering with the TR philosophy, objectives and values

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1:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Module 7: Building Blocks of Total Rewards – Wellness & Work/Life Balance

Learn how wellness, physical and mental health, and achieving work/life balance impact an organization and its employees

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11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Module 8: Implementation and Effective TR Communications

Gain an appreciation of how to effectively communicate TR in a way that is valued and relevant to employees, in a clear and well-understood manner

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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Module 9: Review, Assess, Revisit

Learn how best to monitor, revisit and update your TR strategy to align with changes within the organization and across the industry to ensure success, now and in the future

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