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SASKATCHEWAN’S TOP EMPLOYERS (2026)
Collaboration and inclusiveness are key at eHealth
W
hen Adriana
Pinilla walked
into eHealth
Saskatchewan
for a job
interview, she knew right away
that she wanted to work there.
“That’s something that had
never happened to me before,”
says the agency’s information
analyst, who has worked for
companies big and small in her
native Colombia and elsewhere.
In three months, I
already had some
results to show from
my work, thanks to
everyone else.
— Adriana Pinilla
Information Analyst
But Pinilla, who works on the
data quality team and has a
degree in biomedical engineering
from Manuela Beltrán University
in Bogotá and a master of arts
degree in project management
from the University of Barcelona,
says she feels completely at home
at the Saskatoon office of eHealth
in a way she never has in her
other jobs.
Though she’s been at the agency
for less than three years, Pinilla
says: “I feel like I’m from here.”
She attributes that first to
the welcoming support she
has received from co-workers,
who helped her learn the ropes
in a whole new industry after
a career in the petroleum,
medical equipment and telecom
industries.
Teams at eHealth Saskatchewan have specialized expertise, including clinical applications and health
analytics.
“The collaboration was
impressive,” she says. “In three
months, I already had some
results to show from my work,
thanks to everyone else.”
Shauna Young, vice-president
of policy, planning and human
resources, says the agency puts
a lot of emphasis on proper
onboarding to make people feel
welcome. “We’ve always talked
about collaboration as a core
value,” she says, not just within
the various teams at the agency,
but with other partners in the
health care field.
It’s no wonder, then, that a
2025 survey of workplace culture
— with a 92-per-cent response
rate — showed teamwork,
relationships and inclusion
scoring the strongest results.
Indeed, 92 per cent of
respondents said they regularly
help co-workers and 90 per cent
said they know co-workers “will
help me if I ask.”
Meanwhile, 84 per cent said
they felt they were “part of a team
working towards shared goals”
and that eHealth “supports an
inclusive environment.”
The other contributor to Pinilla’s
positivity about eHealth is a sense
that she is helping the public.
“This is something that’s very
rewarding for me,” she says. “It’s
something different than having
a big salary or a management
position. It’s about how you feel
serving other people with what
you do.”
CEO Davin Church says Pinilla
is not alone in those feelings.
The agency is working to create a
system that isn’t just about health
records or vaccine certificates, but
about being “your digital front
door to the provincial health care
system,” to help residents know
where to go for problems, find a
family physician, and more.
Employees feel they are
helping people, including their
own families, navigate towards a
“successful health-care journey”
— for example, with cancer care
