K T R T A

Welcome…

The Kamloops Thompson Retired Teachers’ Association (KTRTA) started in 1971 as a branch of the British Columbia Retired Teachers’ Association (BCRTA).

We want to welcome you! The Kamloops Thompson Retired Teacher’s Association branch of the BCRTA geographically covers not just the Kamloops Thompson region, we also reach areas of the province west of Kamloops to Lillooet, east to Chase, south to Westwold and north to Blue River. We include retired educators from the Gold Trail and Kamloops Thompson School Districts. We have members who taught elsewhere in Canada and joined our local branch when they moved to our region for their retirement. We currently have approximately 450 members. We look forward to keeping in touch with everyone!

If you are reading this and you are not yet a member, please consider joining our branch. If you are a member, congratulations, and thank you for supporting our regional efforts to communicate on activities related to our common interests, encourage good health and happiness, provide social activities such as our lunch and speaker sessions and so much more. We hope to see you at our local branch events!

We welcome new members and the good news is that new members are always free for their first year: after that, BCRTA membership is $40/year for BCRTA and it is just $5.00/year more to include the extra benefits of belonging to our local branch: the KTRTA. Membership is available to all retired educators from every province and it is so easy to join our association: just go to the BCRTA and fill in the membership form. Don’t forget to select the box to join the Kamloops Thompson Branch! Or, give the BCRTA a call, toll free, at 1-(877)-683-2243 and Laurie Boyd will sign you up.

Our Mission…

Our mission at the KTRTA is to enhance the quality of life for all of our local branch members. We try our best to provide welcome social connection, engagement with important issues at the local level and provide the BCRTA with representation from this broad region of B.C. [Read more…]

KTRTA Bulletin Board:

Important COVID-19 Update: Our get-togethers for March and April are cancelled.

March 26th, 2020

Dear Friends,

Like everyone, we are following the current COVID-19 pandemic closely. The remaining KTRTA get-togethers that were scheduled for the 2019-2020 season are cancelled. Once we have the ability to move around freely and socialize once again, we will reschedule these events. In these uncertain times it is not possible to know if we will be able to meet in September, 2020.

Please stay safe.
Your KTRTA Executive Team

Keep Your BCRTA and KTRTA Member Contact Information Up-To-Date -Please remember to let us know if you change your address, telephone number or email address. You can contact us at onlineoffice.ktrta@gmail.com and 250-299-1874 . Please note that we can update your BCRTA and KTRTA information but you must contact the Teachers’ Pension Plan (TPP) directly to update your member information with TPP. Press this link for information on how to contact TPP.

Thinking of becoming a member of the BCRTA and KTRTA? Use this BCRTA application form and join us today. Don’t forget to Check the box to add the Kamloops Thompson Branch to your membership. If you are already a member of the BCRTA , please make the decision to join us as well. It’s just $5.00 per year to be a member of the KTRTA.

New Website…again. This was in response to a recent update to the WordPress platform that our site is built on. A major upgrade to the editor resulted in some conflicts with the previous framework (DIVI) which I have resolved by rebuilding the site with a new theme on the Genesis Framework. I hope you enjoy the new look and features. –HjDalley, Site Administrator