Comprehensive Pre-retirement workshop – Province of Quebec only
Upcoming sessions
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August 26, 2025
Virtual
8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET)
French
September 08, 2025
Virtual
8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET)
English
September 11, 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 I
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 II
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
- 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 who live in the province of Quebec only.
Additional upcoming sessions
Date and Time | Session code | Location | Language | Available seats | |
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July 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S011 | Virtual | French | Full | Sign in to register |
August 26, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S012 | Virtual | French | 16 | Sign in to register |
September 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_EN-S006 | Virtual | English | 13 | Sign in to register |
September 11, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S013 | Virtual | French | 24 | Sign in to register |
October 06, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_EN-S007 | Virtual | English | 32 | Sign in to register |
October 22, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S014 | Virtual | French | 27 | Sign in to register |
November 06, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_EN-S008 | Virtual | English | 33 | Sign in to register |
November 17, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S015 | Virtual | French | 32 | Sign in to register |
November 24, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_EN-S009 | Virtual | English | 33 | Sign in to register |
November 26, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S016 | Virtual | French | 34 | Sign in to register |
December 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) | GRH-0057_FR-S017 | Virtual | French | 31 | Sign in to register |