The Pension Blueprint
Episodes
Season 3, BONUS EPISODE: From paycheque to pension: Understanding the journey
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Hayle, Manager of the Pension Education & Relationship Management team at OMERS, brings members through a comprehensive journey to understan...
Season 3, BONUS EPISODE: Beyond the numbers: Analyzing retirement
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Worden, President and CIO of Pollara Strategic Insights, unpacks the results of the Pollara survey on holistic retirement planning.This episode ...
Season 3, BONUS EPISODE: Behind the scenes of privacy and security at OMERS
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From phishing scams to data breaches, protecting your personal information is more important than ever. In this conversation, we break down the basics...
Season 3, Episode 7: Proudly Canadian, powered by your pension
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Hill, Executive Vice President and Global Head of OMERS Infrastructure, explains how infrastructure investments in Canada are generating stea...
Season 3, Episode 6: Your pension, our properties and their holistic impact
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Veronica Maggisano, Vice President of Development at Oxford Properties Group – the real estate arm of OMERS, opera...
Season 3, Episode 5: Why women retire with less, and how to change that
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two powerhouse personal finance experts, Jessica Moorhouse and Kristine Beese, join us to discuss tangible steps individuals of all ages can take to s...
Season 3, Episode 4: AI and the future of your pension: Smarter tech, stronger futures
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how OMERS is leveraging AI – from modernizing pension operations to investing in AI startups that are building the tools...
Season 3, Episode 3: The gender pension gap
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the gender pension gap? We sat down with Kadie Philp, Commissioner and CAO of the Ontario Pay Equity Commission, to better understand it, and ...
Season 3, Episode 2: Investing in the age of viral advice: Cutting through the noise
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With financial advice spreading fast on social media, it's tough to know what's credible. In this episode, seasoned financial experts from dif...
Season 3, Episode 1: A CEO’s viewpoint: What’s ahead for 2030
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back OMERS President and CEO Blake Hutcheson for his third appearance on the podcast. This time, he offers his perspective on OMERS in the ...
Season 3 Trailer - The Pension Blueprint
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Pension Blueprint podcast is back for a third season, where we dig deeper into issues that impact all of us and ask bigger questions facing our ...
Season 2, Episode 12: An economist's outlook on retirement
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMERS top economist weighs in on emerging trends across the pension landscape and offers insights on what a reimagined idea of retirement might look l...
Season 2, Episode 11: When is the right time to retire?
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Satish Rai, an OMERS senior advisor, and Joanne Sutton, a seminar facilitator from MROO, share what their lives look like now that their main careers ...
Season 2, Episode 10: Is it too late to start?
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Jackie DeSouza talks to journalist and personal finance expert, Rubina Ahmed-Haq, about the best tips when saving for retirement later in life, p...
Season 2, Episode 9: Questions from our members
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wondering how your pension works? You’re not alone. We posed some of the top questions we receive to a pension expert and invited two OMERS members ...
Season 2, Episode 8: Your pension in mid-life
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Diokno, a pension educator at OMERS, tackles the big questions around planning for retirement in mid-life when there are so many other financia...
Season 2, Episode 7: Improving retirement for women
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMERS Chief Pension Officer, Celine Chiovitti, and Chief Human Resources Officer, Nancy Nazer, take a closer look at why women are retiring with less ...
Season 2, Episode 6: CPP and your retirement security
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OMERS Chief Pension Officer Celine Chiovitti speaks to Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald from the National Institute on Ageing about the crucial decision of whe...
Season 2, Episode 5: Where do my pension contributions go?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Jackie DeSouza speaks with Prabha Ram and Eric Haley, both leading experts from the OMERS investment team, about how we invest to generate pensio...
Season 2, Episode 4: Your pension future starts now
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Chan from Adapt with Intent takes an insightful look at the Gen Z experience, including how increased longevity and the future of work will impa...
Season 2, Episode 3: Mental health, PTSD and your pension
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celine Chiovitti, OMERS Chief Pension Officer, hosts a panel discussion on the importance of mental health and the impact of post-traumatic stress inj...
Season 2, Episode 2: Preparing for your 100-year life
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James Aw, OMERS Chief Medical Officer, weighs in on the social and economic impact of more people living to be 100 years old. How will longer live...
Season 2, Episode 1: Investing in your pension future
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Hutcheson, OMERS President and CEO, speaks with Celine Chiovitti, OMERS Chief Pension Officer, about the organization’s ongoing commitment to ...
Season 1, Episode 12: Expanding your portfolio with AVCs
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discover whether an Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) account is right for you. OMERS Pension Education team provides some background on regist...
Season 1, Episode 11: Demystifying disability benefits
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear about what to expect when claiming disability benefit with OMERS, the difference between a disability waiver of contributions and a disability pe...
Season 1, Episode 10: What happens to my pension when I die?
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about why you should keep your beneficiaries up to date, what spousal entitlement means and who else might be entitled to survivor benefits if y...
Season 1, Episode 9: How big life changes could affect your pension
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Life changes such as leaving a job, taking a parental leave or going through a separation/divorce could affect your pension. OMERS Pension Education t...
Season 1, Episode 8: How to maximize your pension
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fotini Eliopoulos, OMERS Vice President of Member Experience, elaborates on what a defined benefit pension is, the formula used to calculate a member’...
Season 1, Episode 7: When should I retire?
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OMERS Pension Education team weighs in on the most frequently asked question from our members: What factors should I consider when I am deciding when ...
Season 1, Episode 6: What does ESG really mean?
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kelly, OMERS Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Katharine Preston, OMERS Vice President of Sustainable Investing, talk about the thre...
Season 1, Episode 5: Healthy outcomes for an aging population
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Celine Chiovitti welcomes Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics at Sinai Health and University Health Network and Director of Health Policy at the N...
Season 1, Episode 4: An innovative outlook on retirement
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gareth Gibbins, Vice President of Pension Governance & Advisory at OMERS, shares research OMERS commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Economic A...
Season 1, Episode 3: A guide to retirement for every generation
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Carrick, Personal Finance Columnist at The Globe and Mail, visits with OMERS and provides his views on the retirement landscape, including the val...
Season 1, Episode 2: The Pensions North Star
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Celine Chiovitti, Executive Vice President and Head of Pensions at OMERS, explains the Pensions North Star: to be the most trusted partner in empoweri...
Season 1, Episode 1: A CEO’s mission
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Hutcheson, OMERS President and CEO, discusses our pension promise to deliver a secure and stable income in retirement to our members, and provid...
Season 1 Trailer - The Pension Blueprint
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Series trailer for The Pension Blueprint podcast