Comprehensive Pre-retirement workshop – Province of Quebec only

Product code: GRH-0057

Upcoming sessions

To register, you will be prompted to sign in.


August 26, 2025

Virtual

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


September 08, 2025

Virtual

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


September 11, 2025

Virtual

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


View more details

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 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
July 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S011 Virtual French Full
August 26, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S012 Virtual French 16
September 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_EN-S006 Virtual English 13
September 11, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S013 Virtual French 24
October 06, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_EN-S007 Virtual English 32
October 22, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S014 Virtual French 27
November 06, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_EN-S008 Virtual English 33
November 17, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S015 Virtual French 32
November 24, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_EN-S009 Virtual English 33
November 26, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S016 Virtual French 34
December 08, 2025, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) GRH-0057_FR-S017 Virtual French 31
Date modified: 2024-09-03