CURAC

College and University Retiree Associations of Canada

The UGRA is a member of CURAC.  CURAC is a not-for-profit federation of retiree organizations at colleges and universities across Canada.

CURAC's objectives are to:

• coordinate activities that promote communication among member associations,
• share information about activities of member organizations,
• provide mutual assistance, and
• speak publicly on issues of concern to the over 20,000 individual college and university retirees across Canada.

For more information about CURAC, visit the CURAC website.

• CURAC newsletters are available on the CURAC newsletter page. Recent newsletters of other Retiree Associations across Canada are also available.
• Subscribe to the newsletter if you would like to be notified when new issues are available.

Member Benefits

CURAC has partnered with external organizations to offer services to its members at a discount.
Benefits include:

Travel

• As a member of CURAC you are eligible for travel discounts.  Visit the CURAC travel page for more details.
• Visit the CURAC travel website (password = CURACTM18) to view upcoming trips and to sign-up for the travel e-newsletter.

Insurance

• Travel and extended health insurance at attractive rates is available to all members of retiree groups that are affiliated with CURAC/ARUCC.
• Three excellent insurance plans are available:
  1. Extended Health and Travel from RTO/ERO
  2. Car and Home Insurance from Belairdirect
  3. Health Insurance from MEDOC/Johns

CURAC is entirely volunteer-driven and welcomes new volunteers. Most of its work is done within its committees.
If you are interested in becoming a CURAC volunteer, please email info@curac.ca with the following information:

• your name
• the college or university from which you retired
• which committee you would like to join
• your background related to the committee in which you are interested