Alberta Innovates, along with InnoTech Alberta, have been recognized for the fourth year in a row as recipients of the Alberta’s Top Employers competition.

Canada’s Top 100 Employers, who oversees the list of Alberta’s Top Employers, recognizes the top 85 Alberta-based companies to work for every January. In 2022, Alberta Innovates and InnoTech Alberta were first identified as top places to be employed in the province. Since that time, we’ve been acknowledged by Canada’s Top 100 Employers, each year, as part of an elite club in Alberta.

“I’m very fortunate to be able to work with some of the smartest and most committed folks at Alberta Innovates and InnoTech Alberta. We have a highly skilled, competent, and incredibly strong workforce. I'm proud of our employees and the hard work they do every day, building, administering, educating, and promoting the province’s innovation strategy. On behalf of the senior leadership team and the board of directors, I congratulate our entire workforce for continuing to demonstrate employee excellence,” says Mike Mahon, CEO of Alberta Innovates.

Some things that set Alberta Innovates apart from other organizations include the Choose How U Work program, which gives employees a variety of flexible work options; our maternity/parental leave top-up program, which allows birthing parents to receive a top-up for up to 16 weeks and non-birthing parents to receive a top-up for a maximum of 8 weeks; and flex dollars program that permits employees to allocate dollars towards a health spending account, a personal spending account, or contribute additional money to a group retirement savings plan.

Alberta Innovates and InnoTech Alberta are evaluated by Canada’s Top 100 Employers on eight dimensions:

  • Community involvement,
  • Employee communications,
  • Health, financial & family benefits,
  • Performance management,
  • Training & skills development,
  • Vacation and time off,
  • Work atmosphere & social and
  • Workplace