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Pension Administration Office Closures: June 26 & 30, 2025
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SPP Update 2025: June 17 at 11 am
New Staff Pension Plan Website
We are excited to announce that we have a new website. If you have previously bookmarked our website, please update your bookmark to our new web address at: staff.pensions.ubc.ca. We would greatly appreciate your help to evaluate our new website so that we can continue to make improvements to it. Visit survey.ubc.ca/s/staffpensionwebsite to take the survey.
We’ve gone green: Sign up for our electronic newsletter
The UBC SPP Update newsletter is now available in email format. How to Sign Up Active members (contributing to the Plan) Active members will be automatically signed up for the electronic newsletter. It will be emailed to you at your primary work email address. If you do not have a work email address, your primary […]
Staff Pension Plan Election: Vote by November 28
The Staff Pension Plan (SPP) Election for two Pension Board members is now underway. Your vote is important in determining who will sit on the pension board and represent the interests of Plan members. Election packages were mailed to Plan members on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Follow the link below for candidate information and to […]
UBC Staff Pension Plan Election: Call for Nominations
An election process will be held for two Board members, to be elected by and from the membership of the UBC Staff Pension Plan (SPP), to serve on the Pension Board for a four-year period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020. Alan Marchant’s and Dave Lance’s terms will end on December 31, 2016. […]
Staff Pension Plan 2015 Financial Statements
The Plan’s 2015 Financial Statements are now available.
Proposed Canada Pension Plan Changes
In June 2016, the federal government announced the federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached an agreement in principle to enhance and strengthen the Canada Pension Plan. These changes would take effect starting in January 2019. The UBC Staff Pension Plan Board will review these changes and updates will be posted on the Plan’s website […]
May 2016 SPP Update Newsletter & 2015 Annual Statements
Members will start receiving their May 2016 issue of the Staff Pension Plan Update newsletter this week. Active and Deferred members of the Plan will also receive their annual statement with their newsletter. In this issue of the SPP Update: Join us for the Pension Fair We’re going green: Sign up for our electronic newsletter […]
Staff Pension Plan 2015 Year in Review
We are pleased to provide our members an online report, SPP 2015 Year in Review, which provides a summary and highlights for the Plan in 2015, membership and financial statistics, and a review of the Plan’s investment performance. View the SPP 2015 Year in Review.
Staff Pension Plan Fair – Wednesday, June 8, 2016
The Staff Pension Plan (SPP) Pension Fair takes place on Wednesday, June 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The fair will be held in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre [map]. No RSVP is required. This is a great opportunity for members to learn more about their pension plan and Plan benefits. We are […]
New Pension Board Appointments
We are pleased to announce that Barry Gros has been appointed by the UBC Board of Governors to serve as Independent Chair on the Staff Pension Plan (SPP) Board for a two-year term effective February 15, 2016 to December 31, 2017. Mr. Gros was previously a University Appointed member of the SPP Board. Mr. Gros […]