Emily Douglas

Emily Douglas

Benefits and Pensions Monitor

Emily Douglas

Executive Editor

8+ years at Key Media367 Total views on Benefits and Pensions Monitor in 2025

Emily's specialty topics

Retirement planning Group health & mental health benefits Critical illness & employee wellbeing Defined contribution plan strategy ESG, AI & GLP-1 trends in benefits

Emily Douglas is a contributing editor at Benefits and Pensions Monitor. She produces long-form interviews and features for pension plan professionals, group benefits administrators, HR executives, and institutional investors across Canada. Her BPM reporting covers retirement planning, group health and mental health benefits, and critical illness coverage. She also writes about employee wellbeing, defined contribution plan strategy, and the ESG, AI, and GLP-1 trends reshaping the Canadian group benefits and pensions landscape.

Emily has written on HR, people management, employment law, and workplace technology since 2015. She has been with Key Media since 2017, rising from News Editor to Managing Editor to her current role as Executive Editor. She also contributes to Human Resources Director and Mortgage Introducer across Key Media's portfolio.

Emily studied Classics, Classical Studies and Ancient History at University College London. She also studied Medieval History, French and Classical Philosophy at the University of Geneva.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I'm drawn to the human side of benefits and pensions, especially mental health, employment law, and LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace. My goal is to show how these issues connect directly to how well organizations support the people who work for them.”

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Featured content from Emily

'For us, it always anchors back to our purpose' Matt Hendrick explains the necessity of mental health benefits 20% of Canadians have no savings: How to help your people plan for retirement

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Managing Editor
  • Key Media — News Editor
  • Business Grapevine — Online Editor
  • HR Grapevine / Recruitment Grapevine — Staff Writer

Education

  • Classics, Classical Studies and Ancient History, University College London
  • Medieval History, French and Classical Philosophy, University of Geneva

Read the latest stories by Emily

''For us, it always anchors back to our purpose''

Eric Monteiro explains the core mission at Sun Life

''For us, it always anchors back to our purpose''

Matt Hendrick explains the necessity of mental health benefits

This category is now table stakes, explains CEO of GroupHEALTH Benefit Solutions

Matt Hendrick explains the necessity of mental health benefits

20% of Canadians have no savings: How to help your people plan for retirement

Canada Life’s VP of sales on how he's helping organizations and their people plan for the future

20% of Canadians have no savings: How to help your people plan for retirement

AI, GLP-1 & ESG

VP at T. Rowe Price identifies top trends shaping the Canadian investment market

AI, GLP-1 & ESG

'The biggest enemies to success are complacency and hubris'

Dr. Ranjan Bhaduri on the link between innovation and hedge fund research

'The biggest enemies to success are complacency and hubris'

'Thinking outside the box'

Making critical illness coverage a cornerstone benefit

'Thinking outside the box'

'The vacuum of silence breeds conspiracy theories and mistrust'

Don't forget the role of communication in pension planning, warns Actuarial Solutions president

'The vacuum of silence breeds conspiracy theories and mistrust'

'We'd never take a static approach with benefits'

Chris Zelasko explains how Peak Benefit Solutions manages member benefits

'We'd never take a static approach with benefits'

How to combat the biggest challenges in the 2024 benefits sector

VP explains how his firm addresses issues like Cyberattacks and regulatory scrutiny

How to combat the biggest challenges in the 2024 benefits sector

Navigating the new normal

Managing benefits costs and challenges in a stubborn economy

Navigating the new normal