Comprehensive Pre-retirement workshop – All provinces of Canada, except Province of Quebec

Product code: GRH-0055

Upcoming sessions

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July 03, 2025

Virtual

11:30 am to 7:30 pm (ET)


September 03, 2025

Virtual

8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET)


October 06, 2025

Virtual

8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET)


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Overview

Delivery method

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

Duration

16 hours / 2 consecutive days

Audience

Audience

All SSC employees at all levels

 

Description

Fees are associated with each registration. Please be mindful of your registration and commit to honouring your registration. Any cancellation after the registration period will incur fees that SSC will have to cover. To avoid this, please cancel at least 10 business days prior to the course start date.

Only one registration per participant is allowed. Any additional registrations will be cancelled without prior notice.

 

FINANCIAL PLANNING - PART 1

Employee Pension Plan

  • Pension and benefits website
  • Pension plan contributions
  • Benefit calculations
  • Benefit options
  • Deductions
  • Indexing
  • Supplementary Death Benefit (SDB)
  • Survivor benefits
  • Leave without pay
  • Service buyback
  • Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP)
  • Pensioners’ Dental Services Plan (PDSP)

FINANCIAL PLANNING - PART 2

Personal Finances

  • Retirement planning
    • Financial pyramid
    • Budget
    • Financial concepts
    • Personal savings and debt management
    • Insurance
  • Retirement income sources
    • CPP/QPP
    • RRSPs, RRIFs, TFSA and benefits
    • Investments and sale of assets
  • How to maintain your standard of living
  • Ways to pay less tax and fight inflation and investment strategies
  • Choosing a professional
  • Time and money
  • Your employer
  • Decisions to be made upon retirement
  • Work or retirement
  • Buying back years of service
  • Financial security
  • Retirement action plan

ESTATE PLANNING

Common Law (ON/CAN)

  • Common-law (ON/CAN)
  • Family Patrimony and Matrimonial Regime (Marriage and Civil Union)
  • Need for a will
  • Types of wills
  • Modifying a will
  • Proxy and mandates
  • Advance medical directives

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RETIREMENT: LIVING YOUR RETIREMENT

  • The evolution of the concept of retirement
  • The path to retirement
  • The meaning of work and success (needs vs reactions)
  • Roles, emotions, beliefs, needs during the transition period
  • Retirement for singles or couples

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

  • The brain: preserving a magnificient organ
  • Maintaining mental cognition with favourable modifiable factors
    • Education & Cognitive Stimulation
    • Physical Activity, Nutrition
    • Social Interactions, Sleep/Rest Habits
  • Avoid or control factors that negatively affect cognitive health
    • Blood Pressure, Smoking, Obesity, Stress, …
  • Keep an eye on other determinants of health and aging
    • Alcohol, Cancers, Medications, Vaccinations, …

Target Audience

SSC employees living in all provinces of Canada, except Quebec.

Additional upcoming sessions

Date and Time Session code Location Language Available seats
July 03, 2025, 11:30 am to 7:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S020 Virtual English 4
July 07, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S021 Virtual English Full
August 25, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S022 Virtual English Full
September 03, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S023 Virtual English Full
September 03, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_FR-S007 Virtual French 21
September 18, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S025 Virtual English Full
September 24, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S027 Virtual English Full
October 06, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_FR-S009 Virtual French 27
October 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S028 Virtual English Full
October 16, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S029 Virtual English Full
October 22, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S030 Virtual English Full
October 27, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S031 Virtual English 19
November 05, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S034 Virtual English 24
November 13, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S035 Virtual English 32
November 20, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S036 Virtual English 28
November 24, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_FR-S010 Virtual French 35
December 01, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S037 Virtual English 28
December 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_EN-S038 Virtual English 27
December 11, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0055_FR-S011 Virtual French 34
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