Board of Trustees

Employee Benefits

• Announcements & Annual Reports
• Annual Reception
• Board Membership
• Committees
  • Defined Benefit Committee
  • Defined Contribution Committee
  • Operations Committee
• Documents and Forms
• Manitoba Pension Benefits Act Amendments
• Minutes
• Next Meeting of the Board
• Roberts Rules of Order - Summary - [PDF 2P/12KB]
• Terms of Reference
• The University of Winnipeg Trusteed Pension Plan

Board of Trustees (Effective from July 1, 2017):

AESES

• Barske, Barry (term expiry June 30, 2019)
• Hilton, Lorne (term expiry June 30, 2019)

UWFA

• Wiegand, Murray (term expiry June 30, 2019)
• Werner, Hans (term expiry December 31, 2017)
• Bendor-Samuel, Andrew (January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019)

UWFA-Collegiate

• Sveinson, Robert (term expiry June 30, 2018)

IUOE

• Yuriy, Trevor (term expiry June 30, 2020)

Excluded Employees

• Betcher, Mark (term expiry June 30, 2020) (Secretary)

UWRA

• Bill Evans (term expiry June 30, 2019)
• Edward Byard (term expiry June 30, 2018)

University

• Emslie, Michael (ongoing appointment) (Treasurer)
• Morrison, Colin (ongoing appointment)
• Repski, Laurel (ongoing appointment) (Vice Chair)

External

• Hudek, Henry (term expiry June 30, 2019) (Chair)
• Erb, Ray (term expiry June 30, 2018)
• Youngson, Ron (term expiry June 30, 2020)

Advisers

• Jody Langhan of Fillmore Riley (legal adviser)
• Andrew Kulyk of Eckler (actuary)

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Announcements & Annual Reports

Please note that starting with the 2013 year, the annual Newsletter is incorporated into the Annual Report.

• 2016 Annual Report & Financial Statements [PDF 38P/12.11MB]
• 2015 Annual Report & Financial Statements [PDF 38P/7.77MB]
• 2014 Annual Report & Financial Statements [PDF 40P/8.43MB]
• 2013 Annual Report & Financial Statements [PDF 40P/8.56MB]
• Investment Performance for 2012 [PDF 1P/37KB]
• Asset Allocation & Annualized Performance for 2012 [PDF 1P/87KB]
• 2012 Annual Report [PDF 40P/8.62MB]
• Winter 2011/12 Newsletter [PDF 7P/228KB]
• 2011 Valuation Letter to Plan members [PDF 1P]
• Letter to Plan members, March 2011 [PDF 1P/11KB]
• Winter 2010/11 Newsletter [PDF 6P/169KB]
• MB Pension Benefits Act Amendments [PDF 3P/22KB]
• DC Fund Changes Announcement [PDF 2P/16KB]
• Sun Life Financial DC Fund Changes Announcement
• Sun Life Financial Group RRSP Fund Changes Announcement
• February 2010 DB Surplus Distribution Details
• Winter 2009/10 Newsletter [PDF 5P/101KB]
• September 10, 2009 Communication [PDF]
• Winter 2008/09 Newsletter [PDF 3P/69KB]

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Defined Benefit Committee (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018)

• Barske, Barry
• Hilton, Lorne
• Evans, Bill
• Emslie, Mike
• Youngson, Ron
• Wiegand, Murray
• Morrison, Colin
• Hudek, Henry

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Defined Contribution Committee (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018)

• Repski, Laurel
• Werner, Hans
• Youngson, Ron
• Betcher, Mark
• Erb, Ray
• Sveinson, Robert
• Morrison, Colin
• Yuriy, Trevor

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Operations Committee (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018)

• Hudek, Henry
• Repski, Laurel
• Emslie, Mike
• Werner, Hans
• Byard, Ed
• Erb, Ray

Rules & Procedures for the Election/Appt. of External Trustees [PDF 2P/8KB]

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Next Meeting of the Board

Monday, September 11, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:30 in Room 3C12.

DRAFT Agenda

1. Reports from Committees

1. Report from DB Committee
   1. Actuarial Valuation Report
2. Report from DC Committee
3. Report from Operations Committee

2. Other Business

2017 Meetings of the Board of Trustees:

March 6, 2:00 to 3:30 in Room 3C12
June 5, 2:00 to 3:30 in Room 3C12
September 11, 2:00 to 3:30 in Room 3C12
December 14, 2:00 to 3:30 in Room 3C12

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Minutes

Action Items from Prior Meetings [PDF 13P/209KB]

March 6, 2017 [PDF] (approved)

December 5, 2016 [PDF] (approved)

September 12, 2016 [PDF] (approved)

June 6, 2016 [PDF] (approved)

March 7, 2016 [PDF] (approved)

December 7, 2015 [PDF] (approved)

September 14, 2015 [PDF] (approved)

June 8, 2015 [PDF] (approved)

March 2, 2015 [PDF] (approved)

December 8, 2014 [PDF] (approved)

September 8, 2014 [PDF] (approved)

June 9, 2014 [PDF] (approved)

March 3, 2014 [PDF 3P/51KB] (approved)

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Documents and Forms

Forms

Trustee Code of Conduct - [PDF 10P/50KB]

Conflict Report - [PDF 4P/22KB] (blank)

Duties of a Trustee - [PDF 4P/21KB]

Trustee Consent & Undertaking - [PDF 1P/5K] (blank)

Travel Expense Guidelines [PDF 1P/60KB] 

Please use the University Travel Expense Claim form

Trustee Letterhead - [WORD 1P/25KB]

Pension Plan Documents

MB Pension Commission 2016 Annual Information Return [PDF 8P/1MB]

December 31, 2015 Actuarial Valuation Report [PDF 37P/2 MB]

MB Pension Commission 2015 Annual Information Return [PDF 8P/884KB]

December 31, 2014 Actuarial Valuation Report [PDF 37P/1579KB]

Statement of Investment Policy and Procedures [PDF 38P/455KB]

MB Pension Commission 2014 Annual Information Return [PDF 8P/591KB]

Please note that this document is an unofficial consolidation of the original 2008 Trust Agreement, incorporating two amendments. To view the original 2008 document as well as the two amendments that have been made to the Agreement, please refer to the links below.

• 2008 Trust Agreement - [PDF 49P/2,129KB]

Trust Agreement Amendments

• Consolidation of Board Committees [1P/6KB]
• Removal of limit on Trustee terms [1P/4KB]

Documents Archive

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Terms of Reference

Board of Trustees - [PDF 3P/51KB]

Defined Benefit Committee - [PDF 2P/42KB]

Defined Contribution Committee - [PDF 2P/46KB]

Operations Committee - [PDF 2P/45KB]

Board Chair - [PDF 1P/42KB]

Committee Chair - [PDF 1P/39KB]

Secretary - [PDF 1P/42KB]

Treasurer - [PDF 1P/39KB]

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Reception to Honour Trustees

On June 8, 2015 following the annual general meeting, the Board held a small reception to thank all Trustees for their work on the Board over the past year, and to honour exiting Trustees.  Jane Barske and Annabelle Mays were warmly thanked by Henry Hudek, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, for their contribution to the governance of the Board and were presented with a token of the Board's appreciation.

Jane Barske

Annabelle Mays

Past honourees:

2014

Kyle MacDonald

Greg Gillis

Edward Byard

2013

Judy Graham

2011 (Brent Stearns, Gary Maksymyk and Bill Balan were unable to attend the reception)

Jim Clark

Karen Zoppa

Valerie Gilroy

Dave Torz

Maurice Mearon

Wendy Josephson

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Contact Information:

Mary Anne Walls, Pension Administrator, 204.786.9280

Office Fax: 204.774.2935