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OTIP Announced as a 2025 CIO Awards Canada Award Winner
Waterloo, ON - IDC Canada and CIO have named OTIP as a CIO Awards Canada 2025 award winner in recognition of our partial deployment of the Better Together, Experience 360 project. Annually, IDC + CIO recognizes the tech world’s most innovative organizations and accomplished leaders. 2025 will be the fourth year for this popular awards program, where the CIO Awards Canada program has recognized innovative Canadian tech projects and teams.
“We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CIO Awards Canada. This prestigious award celebrates exceptional Canadian organizations that are leveraging technology to drive digital transformation and deliver measurable business value,” said Allice Shandler, Senior Director, Events for the Americas at IDC and CIO Awards Canada Program Chair.
“This year’s winning projects are not only innovative but also inspiring examples of what’s possible when visionary leadership is paired with a highly skilled, future-focused workforce. We are honoured to recognize these achievements and the remarkable individuals behind them at our awards ceremony, which will take place following IDC’s CIO Summit Canada event on November 13, 2025, at The Westin Harbour Castle in downtown Toronto,” Shandler added.
At OTIP, innovation and trust are the cornerstones of how we grow, evolve, and serve. Through our enterprise-wide digital transformation project, Better Together, we’re reshaping how members connect with us—making every interaction easier, faster, and more personalized.
Better Together isn’t just a technology initiative—it’s a member-first approach to transformation. By integrating services, leveraging real-time feedback, and applying smart, modern technologies, we’re creating seamless, intuitive experiences that meet the needs of our members. Whether it’s accessing coverage, getting assistance, or navigating benefits, our goal is to make it simple and supportive.
“Better Together, Experience 360, goes beyond creating seamless, meaningful services —it’s about ensuring every member feels valued, heard, and genuinely supported,” said Stacey Rous, COO & CFO, OTIP.
Questions? We’re here to assist you! Contact OTIP Benefits Services at 1-866-783-6847, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
About the CIO Awards Canada
The CIO Awards for Canada celebrate Canadian organizations and the teams within them that are using IT in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantages, optimizing business processes, enabling growth, or improving relationships with customers. The award is an acknowledged mark of enterprise excellence and a source of pride for all winning organizations.
About IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,300 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology, IT benchmarking and sourcing, and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC's analysis and insight helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and to achieve their key business objectives.
Founded in 1964, IDC the world's leading tech media, data, and marketing services company. To learn more about IDC, please visit www.idc.com. To learn more about IDC Canada, please visit www.idc.com/ca.
About CIO
CIO focuses on attracting the highest concentration of enterprise CIOs and business technology executives with unparalleled peer insight and expertise on business strategy, innovation, and leadership. As organizations grow with digital transformation, CIO provides its readers with key insights on career development, including certifications, hiring practices and skills development.
The award-winning CIO portfolio provides business technology leaders with analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT’s role in achieving business goals. For more information about CIO please visit, www.cio.com.