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CANADA’S TOP EMPLOYERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (2025)
Fidelity Canada offers a long-term, rewarding career
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n 2021, after Selina Pescara
finished a four-month student co-op term at Fidelity
Canada in the advisor sales
division, she knew she wanted to work there full-time after
earning her commerce degree
from the University of Windsor. “I
had never envisioned a career in
sales, but once I got here, I absolutely loved it,” she says.
A privately owned company,
Fidelity Canada provides a wide
range of mutual funds, ETFs, sustainable investing products, digital
assets strategies, high net-worth
and private wealth programs, and
more.
Following a second co-op term
in 2022, Pescara was offered a
permanent position as a business
development representative, then
promoted to a senior business
development associate in 2024. “It
was clear from my first co-op that I
wanted to return,” she says.
We’ve hired people as
co-op students who are
now at senior levels in the
organization.
— Dave Bushnell
Senior Vice President,
Advisor Distribution
Student placements are often
a starting point for long-term,
rewarding careers. “We’ve hired
people as co-op students who
are now at senior levels in the
organization,” says Dave Bushnell,
senior vice president, advisor distribution. “We believe in promoting from within, and our co-op
program is designed for students
to explore various career paths
throughout the business to find
Employees at Fidelity Canada enjoy subsidized meals, snacks, and unlimited hot beverages at the company’s
on-site cafe in Toronto.
what they are most passionate
about.”
If an employee wants to take
a course, certification or accreditation, such as the Canadian
Securities Course, Chartered
Financial Analyst program or an
MBA, Fidelity will help cover the
costs and accommodate paid time
off.
“When I’m speaking with students, I remind them that their
role here is mutually beneficial,
for their own career advancement
and the immense contributions
they bring to the organization
over the years,” says Bushnell.
“Through this experience, young
professionals can learn what they
love and don’t love to do, and all of
that experience is invaluable.”
Employees are mentored at all
levels, including senior leaders
like Bushnell, who joined Fidelity
in 2005 as an inside sales representative. “We’re advocates for team
building and forming crossdepartmental working groups to
promote idea generation, remove
silos and foster interdisciplinary
collaboration,” he says. “Everyone
has a voice here, and most importantly, they’re encouraged to have
one – this sentiment is upheld by
a culture where everyone is meant
to feel valued and comfortable
sharing their ideas.”
Fidelity strives to provide an
empowering working environment that embraces varying
perspectives and backgrounds.
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion
initiatives are a natural part of
the decision-making here and are
part of the conversation from the
onset of the hiring process,” says
Bushnell. “Our ongoing
commitments are reflected in
the ways we work together, our
employee resource groups and
how we give back to our community.” One of the many ways
Bushnell supports the community
is through his role as the executive
sponsor of Aspire, Fidelity’s Latino
and Black employee resource
group (ERG).
During Pescara’s first co-op
term, she joined the Women’s
Leadership Group ERG. “The
