To all APUO members,
In 2014, a joint committee was created between the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) and the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) with the mandate to study the feasibility of a voluntary university sector Jointly Sponsored Pension Plan (JSPP). Meetings of the “University Pensions Project” have taken place since late-2014 and representatives from APUO and OSSTF/FEESO have attended. Representatives of the UOttawa administration have been attending as well. This is a voluntary process designed to gauge interest from university-sector stakeholders in a JSPP.
The mandate of the committee is to study possible governance and benefit models with the goal of creating a Memorandum of Understanding that outlines a basic structure for a multi-employer JSPP. In a single-sponsor pension plan, such as at the University of Ottawa, the employer-sponsor controls plan management and ultimately retirement benefits. In a JSPP, the governance, management, benefit design and risk is shared between the employees and employers.
University of Ottawa will be in no way obligated to adopt whatever proposal comes out of this committee and any change would require the consent of the members of the plan.
As was done in the past, local union representatives at University of Ottawa are maintaining regular communications to ensure the best interests of their members. The final report, including a JSPP framework model, of the University Pensions Project is due by the end of the year.
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Christian Rouillard, Ph.D.
Professeur titulaire / Full Professor
Président / President
Association des professeur(e)s de l’Université d’Ottawa
Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa
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