Pension Life - Teachers
Pension Life
Summer 2026 | Your go-to source for pension news, plan updates and resources to support you in retirement
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Let’s celebrate your retirement journey
We’re looking for volunteers to take part in upcoming photoshoots and be featured in pension communications. We’ll bring a professional photographer to you, capturing moments that celebrate the people behind our pension plan.
As a thank you, you’ll receive free digital copies to share with family and friends. You may also be invited to share your retirement story—helping inspire and connect others in our community.
To participate, email memberphotos@pensionsbc.ca.
It’s time for a security checkup
Keeping your online account safe takes less time than you might think.
Follow these three simple steps to keep your account safe:
- Username: Avoid using your real name or your birth year. It should be hard for a stranger to guess.
- Password: Use a longer passphrase instead of a single word. Mix in some uppercase letters, numbers and symbols to make it unique.
- Contact information: We use two-step verification to keep you safe. Keep your email address up to date so you can receive the secure sign-in code.
Read Get cyber safe for more helpful tips to protect yourself online.
Looking for past issues?
From classroom to community, your pension makes a difference
A message from the trustees
Your pension keeps working in retirement—supporting BC businesses, communities and the wider economy every day.
With care, expertise and respect: Trustee Cheryl Eason reflects on her trustee journey
Meet Cheryl Eason, a Teachers’ Pension Plan trustee who helps protect the pension promise with care, expertise and respect for retired educators.
Submit your extended health and dental claims with GreenShield+
Learn how GreenShield+ can help you manage your claims and coverage online.
Stay connected in retirement
Retiree associations help retired Teachers’ Pension Plan members stay connected with other education professionals and access information, support and resources.
Learn about the different retiree associations
BC Retired Teachers’ Association
BCRTA guards the interests and promotes the welfare of its members.
Learn moreRetired Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association
BCRPVPA is a group of retired professionals with common goals and interests. It promotes the welfare of its members, fosters liaisons among members and active principals and vice-principals, and supports young people by providing scholarships and bursaries.
BC School Superintendents Association
BCSSA—transforming, reforming and innovating: leading and learning together.
Tips and tools
Payments
Find out when to expect your next monthly payment.
Make the most of My Account
Manage your pension faster, anytime—without the wait!
My Account lets you securely manage your pension in one place—update your contact information, manage your banking details, view your payment history, and review your beneficiaries whenever it’s convenient for you.
Use Message Centre—your secure, personal pension inbox—to get answers or check the status of your requests, without needing to call.
Sign in or register to manage your pension—on your time.
New to retirement?
Learn how your pension supports you in retirement, what health coverage you may have and where to find helpful resources.
Pension Life is published twice a year. You may receive more than one copy of Pension Life if you receive a pension from more than one pension plan. Read your statement letter to determine which plan provides your group benefits. Any person entitled to a benefit, or their agent, has the right to examine plan documents, data and public information about the plan.