Pension Advisory Committee

FPSE's Pension Advisory Committee provides advice and information to the FPSE Presidents' Council and locals on pension-related issues Most members of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators are members of the College Pension Plan. FPSE support staff in public institutions are members of the Municipal Pension Plan. Through the Pension Advisory Committee and at member locals, FPSE provides education and training and pension and retirement issues.

More information and resources on pensions and retirement is available in the Pensions & Retirement section.

Committee Members:

Chair

Tom Friedman
(Local 2)

Staff Rep

Jeff McKeil

Local Reps:

 

Local 1

Capilano University Faculty Association
Debby Vollbrecht
Allen Zhu

Local 2

Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association
Tom Friedman

Local 3

Faculty Association of the College of New Caledonia
Marie Sinnott

Local 4

Douglas College Faculty Association
Jennifer Kirkey

Local 5

Kwantlen Faculty Association
Al Valleau
Suzanne Pearce

Local 6

College of the Rockies Faculty Association
Joan Kaun

Local 7

University of the Fraser Valley Faculty & Staff Association
Norm Taylor

Local 9

Okangan College Faculty Association
Doug Birtwistle

Local 8

Vancouver Island University Faculty Association
Jean Blackburn

Local 10

Selkirk College Faculty Association
Duff Sutherland 

Local 11

Academic Workers’ Union (Northwest Community College)
Ken Shaw

Local 12

Camosun College Faculty Association
Candace Fertile

Local 14

Langara Faculty Association
Alan Cooper
Fraser Archibald

Local 15

Vancouver Community College Faculty Association 
Brian Haugen

Local 16

North Island College Faculty Association
Christine Hodgson

Local 17

Thompson Rivers University Open Learning Faculty Association
Derek Knox

Local 19

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Employees’ Association
Al Fukushima
Catharine Crow

Local 21

not applicable, Local 21 members not on College Pension Plan

Local 22

Emily Carr University of Art & Design Faculty Association
[vacant]

Retired
Appointees

Penny Heaslip
Paul Ramsey

Exec Liaison

Frank Cosco
FPSE Member-at-Large

Trustees:

Dennis Anderson
John Wilson
Dominique Roelants
Weldon Cowan

NRFC Liaison

Peter Pike
Local 19, NVITEA 


Responsibilities:

  1. The Pension Advisory Committee shall seek to improve the pension benefits available to plan members of the College Pension Plan.
  2. The Committee shall review the current investment policies of College Pension Plans and shall advise the Presidents’ Council, in its role as plan member partner, of any recommendations for change to policies and strategies.
  3. The Committee shall advise and, where applicable, provide pre-retirement and retirement information and services.
  4. The Committee will recommend to Presidents’ Council names for three FPSE-appointed trustees to the College Pension Board. The Committee will advise Presidents’ Council on the retiree trustee appointment.
  5. The Pension Advisory Committee will provide a forum for communicating member concerns about the College Pension Plan rules to FPSE-appointed College Pension Plan trustees, and a forum for prioritizing any recommended future pension plan improvements.
  6. The Committee will provide a forum for general discussion and development of pension policy for locals that are non-participatory in the College Pension Plan.


Terms of Reference:

Reporting to: Reports regularly to the FPSE President and the Presidents’ Council.

Composition: Each local may name a member as their designated representative to the Committee. Local representatives to the Pension Advisory Committee must not be in receipt of College Pension Plan benefits and must maintain active employment at the institution while serving on the committee.

At its first meeting after the Annual General Meeting, the Presidents’ Council will appoint up to two additional retiree members from among nominees put forward by FPSE locals. A nominee must be a former member of a FPSE local who is currently receiving a pension under the College Pension Plan.

The Non-Regular Faculty Committee may appoint one person to the Committee.

No trustee appointed to the College Pension Board of Trustees may also serve as a local, retired or NRFC representative to the Pension Advisory Committee.

Term of Appointment: Committee members will normally be appointed for a term of four years. Members are expected to attend all meetings of the Committee. If members are unable to attend regularly, their appointment may be rescinded by the Presidents’ Council.

Chairperson: The Chairperson will be elected from and by the Committee to serve a two year term.

The Chairperson or designate shall have observer status at meetings of the Presidents’ Council with voice but no vote. The responsibility of the Chairperson includes attendance by the Chairperson or designate at the Presidents’ Council meeting immediately subsequent to a meeting of the Committee or upon request of the FPSE President.

The Chairperson shall attend the Annual General Meeting and Convention. The Convention shall provide orientation and planning opportunities for Committee Chairpersons and facilitate their meeting as a group.

Meetings: Such meetings as are required to fulfill its responsibilities, limited only by the funding allocated to the Committee. The Committee may substitute or include a workshop or conference for a meeting.

Observers: By invitation of the Chair. Observers from FPSE locals may attend meetings, at the locals’ expense, for succession purposes.

Trustees: FPSE-appointed trustees are encouraged to attend PAC meetings/events with voice but no vote. FPSE will pay expenses for the trustees for this purpose.

Quorum: A majority of appointed representatives.

Voting: Positions adopted by consensus among designated representatives; otherwise by simple majority of those voting. Minority reports accepted. (By-Law #6.)

Funds: As allocated in the annual budget.

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