Upcoming Events

Joint Council Meeting | June 5

Current and incoming council members will meet

Information Meeting on Extended Health and Travel Insurance | June 6

Information Meeting on Extended Health and Travel Insurance

The Emeritus College has organized a meeting to discuss extended health, dental, and travel insurance. You can attend either in person or virtually.  The meeting will also be recorded and available for later viewing on the College YouTube website. Representatives from Sun Life, Johnson, RTOERO, and UBC Human Resources will each make short presentations and be available to respond to your questions concerning the insurance options available to you:

• UBC/Sun Life RSB Plan: Extended Health; Dental; EFAP
• Johnson, Inc.: MEDOC (Travel Insurance only)
• Johnson, Inc. Extended Health with Travel Insurance; Dental
• RTOERO: Extended Health with Travel Insurance; Hospitalization; Dental

This meeting will provide an update and refresher on the key features of the insurance plans and their comparative strengths and limitations.
It will be of special interest to individuals:

• whose health or personal circumstances have changed recently
• wanting to know more about the comparative advantages of the Johnson and RTO plans
• approaching age 76 (when the cost of stand-alone travel insurance increases significantly)
• who are still working and are planning for their retirement
• who are working, or are expecting to work, past age 71      

To get the most benefit from this meeting, we strongly recommend that you read prior to the meeting the Emeritus College’s user-friendly insurance guide, Choosing Extended Health and Travel Insurance to Meet Your Specific Needs which you can find on our website by clicking on the link. This guide discusses the coverage, strengths, limitations, and cost of the four plans available to you. 

Registration is required for this event.

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Location: Entrance to Irving K Barber Learning Centre is off East Mall. Stairs and elevator available
Parking: The closest parking is the UBC North Parkade (6115 Student Union Blvd) or the Rose Garden Parkade (6278 NW Marine Dr).

This event is available both in-person and on Zoom. A recording will also be made available after the event. If you are feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms please stay home. 

This event will be photographed and images may be posted on our website or used for marketing purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please inform the photographer. UBC is authorized to collect these images under section 26 of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Travel Group | June 13

Hiking, Cycling and Hanging Out in Morocco, March 2023
with Peter Wing, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedics and Claire Weeks, Clinical Assistant Prof Emerita in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

In early March, 2023, in an effort to see exotic venues, use our aging muscles, visit family, reduce the wear and tear of travel and minimize our travel carbon footprint, we embarked on a 2-month trip to Morocco (via Montreal), Portugal, England and Scotland. This presentation will focus largely on the Moroccan segment of this trip: a 6-day guided hiking excursion in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains and a 2-week guided cycling trip in Morocco. We organized the hiking trip ourselves and joined a group of Vancouver friends for the cycling trip, and we can talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. One of us had been to Morocco more than 50 years ago and can comment on changes. We were there 6 months before the earthquake, and we can talk about the insights we gained about its effects from locals.

Format: Zoom
If you wish to receive the zoom link for the meeting and are not already on the EC Travel group list, please contact Paul Steinbok at psteinbok@cw.bc.ca.

A zoom link will be sent out before each meeting.