{"id":1228,"date":"2025-06-04T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/?page_id=1228"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:35:03","slug":"pension-retirement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/pension-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Pension &amp; Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_Retirement_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_Retirement_2025.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_Retirement_2025-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_Retirement_2025-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_Retirement_2025-600x409.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Teachers\u2019 Retirement Allowances Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Teachers\u2019 Retirement Allowances Fund (TRAF) is the pension plan for all public school teachers in Manitoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TRAF is governed by a seven-person board of directors, on which The Manitoba Teachers\u2019 Society has three representatives. Other board members are appointed by the provincial government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traf.mb.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teachers\u2019 Retirement Allowances Fund Website<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions regarding Pension &amp; Retirement please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dan Turner, Benefit Plans and Programs Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: 204-831-3050 and Toll Free, 1-866-494-5747<br>Email: <strong><em><a href=\"mailto:dturner@mbteach.org\">dturner@mbteach.org<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sarah Th\u00e9, Administrative Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: 204-934-0388<br>Email: <strong><em><a href=\"mailto:sthe@mbteach.org\">sthe@mbteach.org<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Pre-Retirement Seminars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are age 48 or older, you will receive an invitation from either The Manitoba Teachers\u2019 Society or your local association to attend a Pre-retirement Seminar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow instructions on the letter to log in. Once logged in you will be shown the seminars that are available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to discuss your pension with a TRAF Member Service Specialist, you may book an appointment in conjunction with certain Pre-retirement Seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you book your seminar and\/or appointment as soon as possible, as space is limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.traf.mb.ca\/secure\/seminars\/user\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRAF Seminar Registration Login<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers\u2019 Retirement Allowances Fund The Teachers\u2019 Retirement Allowances Fund (TRAF) is the pension plan for all public school teachers in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3759,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228\/revisions\/3759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}