Comprehensive Pre-retirement workshop – All provinces of Canada, except Province of Quebec
Upcoming sessions
To register, you will be prompted to sign in.
July 03, 2025
Virtual
11:30 am to 7:30 pm (ET)
English
September 03, 2025
Virtual
8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET)
French
October 06, 2025
Virtual
8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET)
French
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Overview
Delivery method
Virtual classroom
Duration
16 hours / 2 consecutive days
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 | |
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July 03, 2025, 11:30 am to 7:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S020 | Virtual | English | 4 | Sign in to register |
July 07, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S021 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
August 25, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S022 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
September 03, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S023 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
September 03, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_FR-S007 | Virtual | French | 21 | Sign in to register |
September 18, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S025 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
September 24, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S027 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
October 06, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_FR-S009 | Virtual | French | 27 | Sign in to register |
October 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S028 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
October 16, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S029 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
October 22, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S030 | Virtual | English | Full | Sign in to register |
October 27, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S031 | Virtual | English | 19 | Sign in to register |
November 05, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S034 | Virtual | English | 24 | Sign in to register |
November 13, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S035 | Virtual | English | 32 | Sign in to register |
November 20, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S036 | Virtual | English | 28 | Sign in to register |
November 24, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_FR-S010 | Virtual | French | 35 | Sign in to register |
December 01, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S037 | Virtual | English | 28 | Sign in to register |
December 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_EN-S038 | Virtual | English | 27 | Sign in to register |
December 11, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0055_FR-S011 | Virtual | French | 34 | Sign in to register |