Pre-Retirement Seminars

Human Resources in conjunction with the Retirement Planning Institute of Ottawa and Scotiabank are offering a two-day seminar for employees considering retirement. It covers the financial, benefit and emotional readiness information necessary to help you plan a successful retirement.

The seminar will run twice this spring, once for professional staff and once for faculty and executives.

Professional Staff, April 17 & 18, 2013: This seminar is open to members of the Retirement Plan from the following groups: Administrative Management, Administrative Technical Exempt, CUPE 2424, CUPE 3778, CUPE 910, and University Safety.

Faculty & Executives, May 16 & 17, 2013: This seminar is open to members of the retirement plan in the following groups: CUASA, Academic Management and Executives.

Seating is limited and priority will be given to employees nearing retirement.

Topics of the seminars will include:

• Working beyond your normal retirement date
• Carleton pension benefits
• Carleton post-retirement benefits
• Preparing emotionally for retirement
• Other sources of retirement income
• Deciding when to retire
• Estate planning
• A word from the Carleton University Retirees Association
• Financial management for retirees

Please note that Day 1 runs from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, while Day 2 runs from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

If your spouse will be attending with you, please notify rebecca_bowie@carleton.ca or x8985 immediately after you have registered through Carleton Central. This will help us manage the number of participants more effectively.

For more information on these and other upcoming workshops please visit the Learning & Development section of Carleton Central.