Our Culture

One Firm, One Culture

Our culture is defined by our five core values: excellence, partnership, transparency, integrity, and community. Our shared values unite our brilliant team with the common goal of putting our investors at the forefront of everything we do.

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Core Values

Excellence

High-quality work produced by talented, driven people.

Partnership

Unwavering alignment of interests with our clients. We are invested alongside them.

Transparency

Complete accessibility to our clients. We want them to understand and feel comfortable with their investments with us.

Integrity

A steadfast commitment to honesty and accountability. We believe this is the path to lasting success.

Community

Creating meaningful change through ESG, philanthropic giving, and active volunteerism.

Community Impact

At RPIA we believe in giving back to the community. We hope to create meaningful change through philanthropic giving and promoting active volunteerism among our employees in support of community development, scientific research, environmental initiatives, education, global development, and arts and cultural programs.

We support a wide variety of organizations that reflect the values of our clients, our employees, and our firm.

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Health:

Ride to Conquer Cancer

RPIA's team of avid cyclists join thousands of others for Ride to Conquer Cancer to help raise funds for the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre so that scientists can develop more effective, targeted, and less toxic patient treatments.

Homelessness:

Covenant House

Several employees participated in Covenant House Toronto's virtual Sleep Out by sleeping in their yards or balconies to raise awareness and funds for vulnerable youth in the community who face homelessness and/or trafficking.

Art & Culture:

JUNOS, OCM

Art and culture are crucial for how we connect with one another and the world around us, so RPIA is proud to support a number of initiatives and events, such as JUNOS and OCM, for example.

Food:

Food Bank Donations, Feeding Toronto's Tent Communities

RPIA employees donated a record high amount of non-perishable food items to local food banks last year. Several team members also prepared food to hand out to Toronto's Tent Communities to provide some relief during COVID-19

Mental Health:

CMHA

We are proud to support Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) in their mission to promote mental health and support mental illness recovery across the country.

Working at RPIA

Great Place To Work

As of 2022, RPIA is certified as a Great Place To Work in Canada based on the feedback given by 94% of the firm about our culture and work environment.

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Mentorship Program

Every year, we pair junior team members with senior counterparts for mentorship. This program is beloved because it allows everyone to develop relationships across departments and learn new things.

Allyship Committee

Every month, we meet to hear presentations and engage in constructive conversations about how we can be better allies to disenfranchised groups. We also seek ways to engage with our local community through volunteer work.

Virtual Counseling

Our employees are so much more than their work, so we offer virtual counseling services to all team members to help them manage Work-From-Home and personal priorities.

Lunch & Learn Series

We have a great team of highly knowledgeable and passionate people. Our Lunch & Learn Series allows us to learn more about each other's passions and expertise in a very informative and educational lunch hour.

Social Committee

With a highly driven team, it is important to have fun. Our Social Committee comes up with fun ways to engage all employees through socials, volunteering opportunities, weekly Spotify playlists, a monthly Book Club, and much more!

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Political Activities & Engagement

RPIA is committed to the informed participation of its employees in the political process and to open and honest debate.

Our employees are welcome to participate in political activities on their own time and in accordance with their individual desires and political preferences and not as a representative of RPIA. They are also expected to conduct any political activities respectfully and in good faith.

Our Code of Conduct guides us in all that we do. The Code, which is grounded in our company's values, provides basic guidelines of professional and personal conduct that all employees are expected to adopt and uphold.