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  • Teaching

    Details about your pension and helpful information mainly intended for members during their teaching career.

    • Working As A Teacher

      Joining the plan, plan member statements, substitute teaching…

    • Planning Your Retirement

      Everything you need to know about preparing to apply for your pension.

    • MyPension Online Portal

      Register for MyPension to access a variety of online services.

    • Pension Option Selection Tool

      This scenario-based tool will help you understand what pension options are available to you.

  • Retirement

    Everything you need to know about your ATRF pension plan and your pension payments in your retirement.

    • About Your Pension

      Pension deposit dates, information statements, and more!

    • Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA)

      Learn about COLA and this year’s rates.

    • Returning to Teaching

      Preparing to return to teaching while receiving your pension.

    • Taxes and Your Pension

      How your pension is taxed, and how it works with other pensions like OAS and CPP.

  • Managing Your Plan

    Changes in your life often require changes to your pension. Here you’ll find details about how to make the most common changes members experience.

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    • Changing Employment

      Understand your options when you change employment.

    • Terminating Your Contract

      What to do when your contract is terminated.

    • Leaves of Absence

      How leaves of absence affect your pension.

    • Power of Attorney

      Information about how power of attorney impacts your pension.

    • Purchasing Service

      Learn how to purchase service to increase your pension.

    • Strikes and Lockouts

      How a work stoppage affects your pension.

    • Updating Personal Information

      Learn what information is important to update and how to do so.

  • Funding & Investments

    Find out about the way ATRF manages investments and ensures proper plan funding.

    • Funding the Plans

      Funding policy and structure of the pension plans.

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      ATRF’s approach and strategy for investing.

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    Learn more about ATRF’s governance including our board, how the plan works, and our leadership.

    • About ATRF

      ATRF’s mission, mandate, history, and catalogue of annual reports.

    • About The Plans

      Learn more about how the plans are set up and structured.

    • Governance

      The ATRF Board, Executive Leadership Team, and expense disclosures.

    • Land Acknowledgement

      We share these acknowledgements in the spirit of contributing to a better pathway with and for Indigenous peoples. ​

    • Related Service Providers

      Information about ATA, ASEBP, and ARTA, and the role we all play in supporting members.

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2022 Summer Newsletter

Teaching

  • Working As A Teacher
  • Planning Your Retirement
  • MyPension Online Portal
  • Pension Option Selection Tool

Retirement

  • About Your Pension
  • Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA)
  • Returning to Teaching
  • Taxes and Your Pension

Funding & Investments

  • Funding the Plans
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  • Investment Results

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Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the traditional lands and ancestral territories in which ATRF is headquartered, as Treaty Six Territory, amiskwacîwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Edmonton, Alberta, and homeland of the Métis Regional Council Zone IV. Read about our land acknowledgement.