Retirement Committees
Retirement Matters Cluster
Cluster Coordinator: Paul Marantz
Chair: Mark Thompson
Members:
Lynn Smith
Jim Zidek
The Committee monitors the benefits that retired faculty receive from the University. It draws upon the concerns and priorities of our members to identify possible improvements to benefit programs and makes recommendations for the college to pursue.
Co-chairs: Paul Marantz and Joost Blom
The committee is exploring how to make the continuing scholarship of retired faculty more visible in the university community, and sources of funding to optimize our continuing scholarly endeavors.
Chair: Gail Bellward
Members:
Francis Andrew
Jo-ann Archibald
Ken Craig
John Gilbert
Priscilla Greenwood
Judy Hall
Anne Junker
David Ley
William Rowe
Vijay Verma
The Membership Committee identifies concerns, coordinates activities, and maintains liaisons between the UBC Emeritus College and new and continuing members. In addition, the Committee investigates methods to improve relations between the College and the wider UBC community.
Chair: David Hill
Member
Paul Harrison
Linda Leonard
Olav Slaymaker
Chair: Murray Isman
Members:
Jo-Anne Naslund
Patricia Shaw
The Transitions to Retirement Committee focuses on activities over the entire retirement spectrum including pre-retirement seminars, informal discussion groups, collation of information resources and activities directed at the early, mid and late stages of retirement. There would also be an opportunity for research projects focused on the retirement process itself.
Chair: Linda Leonard
Members:
Sandra Bressler
Paul Marantz
Louise Nasmith
Paul Steinbok
Updated: April 2022