Jhoanna Hines

Jhoanna Hines

Benefits and Pensions Monitor

Jhoanna Hines

cover team leader

5 years experience

Jhoanna's specialty topics

industry updates retirement planning and savings mental health and wellbeing

Jhoanna leads a team of freelance cover writers at Key Media, specialising in B2B editorial across North American, Australian, and Asian markets. She writes across verticals herself, covering HR, education, wealth, mortgage, and insurance. Her bylines appear in Human Resources Director, The Educator, Wealth Professional Canada, and more.

She earned a certificate in freelance journalism from the British College of Journalism and also holds a Bachelor's degree in English. Jhoanna brings that editorial foundation to writing for the web, helping Key Media's articles reach the right professional audiences online.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Plan sponsors and pension fund managers are stewards of their employees' financial future, and that's not a small thing. The people they serve often don't know how their benefits or pension is managed. My goal is to give this audience accurate, relevant information they can use to make better decisions on their members' behalf”

Also published by

Human Resources Director · Canadian HR Reporter · Mortgage Professional · Insurance Business

Featured content from Jhoanna

Workplace mental health in Canada: more than half leaving care early Most plan members want employers to lead on retirement planning Medical assistance in dying (MAID) survey reveals end-of-life planning gaps

Previous experience

  • Key Media — SEO editor and content writer
  • Key Media — Jr. SEO editor

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in English, University of the Philippines
  • Certificate in Freelance Journalism, British College of Journalism
  • Subediting Masterclass, National Council for the Training of Journalists

Read the latest stories by Jhoanna

Dave Jones joins GreenShield to head payer solutions

Dave Jones' appointment at GreenShield signals a deeper push into Canada's first integrated payer-provider model, now serving eight million Canadians

Dave Jones joins GreenShield to head payer solutions

Non-profit care workforce crisis demands immediate action, report says

A United Way Centraide Canada report says existing vacancy and wage data is already sufficient to act on workforce pressures

Non-profit care workforce crisis demands immediate action, report says

Federal fiscal deficit narrows sharply in first quarter of 2026-27

Canada's first-quarter federal fiscal deficit fell to $370 million from $6.28 billion a year earlier, driven by strong revenue growth

Federal fiscal deficit narrows sharply in first quarter of 2026-27

Gender data removal could raise pension funding risk, research warns

New research from Club Vita, OPTrust, and Eckler finds that removing gender data from mortality models could distort pension liabilities

Gender data removal could raise pension funding risk, research warns

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan board chair named for 2027

Cathy Cranston brings 32 years of financial services experience to Canada's largest defined benefit pension fund

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan board chair named for 2027

Why Merck's new cholesterol pill matters for plan sponsors

Merck's Lipfendra wins FDA approval as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor, and Canadian plan sponsors have reason to watch closely

Why Merck's new cholesterol pill matters for plan sponsors

Aviva Investors CEO: resilient portfolios key for pension allocators

Plan sponsors must build resilient portfolios across diversified return sources as trade tensions and geopolitical risk make single forecasts unreliable

Aviva Investors CEO: resilient portfolios key for pension allocators

Most plan members want employers to lead on retirement planning

A new J.P. Morgan survey finds three in four plan members would hand off retirement planning entirely, and younger generations expect their employers to act

 Most plan members want employers to lead on retirement planning

Specialist care access gaps cost Canadian plan sponsors more

New Statistics Canada data reveals 4.5 million Canadians struggle to access specialist care, with direct consequences for disability claims and plan costs

Specialist care access gaps cost Canadian plan sponsors more

OMERS Ventures head departs for Kensington Capital president role

OMERS Ventures has had three heads in three years. Here's what the leadership churn signals for pension fund venture capital exposure

OMERS Ventures head departs for Kensington Capital president role