Celine Chiovitti, OMERS Chief Pension Officer, hosts a panel discussion on the importance of mental health and the impact of post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) on Ontario’s first responders.

Dr. James Aw, OMERS Chief Medical Officer, weighs in on the social and economic impact of more people living to be 100 years old. How will longer lives changeour ideas around aging and retirement?

Blake Hutcheson, OMERS President and CEO, speaks with Celine Chiovitti, OMERS Chief Pension Officer, about the organization’s ongoing commitment to Canadian investments as an important part of the broader portfolio to help protect our future.

Discover whether an Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) account is right for you. OMERS Pension Education team provides some background on registered retirement vehicles, how to contribute to the AVC account and what the AVC Income Option means for members who are over age 71.

Hear about what to expect when claiming disability benefit with OMERS, the difference between a disability waiver of contributions and a disability pension, and the options for members with a shortened life expectancy.

Learn about why you should keep your beneficiaries up to date, what spousal entitlement means and who else might be entitled to survivor benefits if you pass away.

Life changes such as leaving a job, taking a parental leave or going through a separation/divorce could affect your pension. OMERS Pension Education team considers these and other life changes, and explains how to use myOMERS to assist you along the way.

Fotini Eliopoulos, OMERS Vice President of Member Experience, elaborates on what a defined benefit pension is, the formula used to calculate a member’s OMERS Plan benefit, and how to maximize your pension if you can purchase or transfer service.

OMERS Pension Education team weighs in on the most frequently asked question from our members: What factors should I consider when I am deciding when to retire? Our pension staff discuss how they talk to members about this question and also discuss the psychology of retirement and how to mentally prepare for that next chapter.

Michael Kelly, OMERS Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Katharine Preston, OMERS Vice President of Sustainable Investing, talk about the three pillars of ESG – environmental, social and governance – and how each impacts OMERS long-term investment strategy. They also delve into OMERS net-zero 2050 emission goal and how we’ll get there.