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In Touch
Newsletter for Bell retirees | October 2010, Vol. 10, No. 3
Introducing Bell’s new national
charitable initiative in support
of mental health
On September 21, Bell launched a
new multi-year charitable program to
support mental health in every aspect
of Canadian life.
One in five Canadians will suffer
from some form of mental illness in
their lives – meaning that all of us
will be impacted in some way, either
directly or as a family member, friend
or colleague. In fact, mental illness
affects more Canadians than any
other major illness yet it remains
significantly underfunded and
misunderstood.
Investing $50 million over the next
five years, Bell’s Mental Health
Initiative is built on 4 key action
pillars that will help increase
awareness and acceptance of mental
illness, improve access to mental
health care, support new research
and enhance workplace programs.
The 4 key action pillars are:
1. Anti-stigma
Many of those who experience
mental illness are too embarrassed
to talk about it and seek the help
they need. To drive real progress,
Bell has made reducing the stigma
the first pillar of our program. A new
campaign called Bell Let’s Talk is
being launched to open a national
conversation about mental health
with a Canadian icon leading the
way: Olympian Clara Hughes.
access to care in their communities
wherever a Bell or Bell Aliant
company is connecting Canadians.
More announcements to come
throughout the fall.
In addition, an annual Bell Let’s
Talk Day, set for February 9, 2011,
will further help to raise awareness
about mental health. For every
text message sent and every long
distance call made by Bell customers
that day, Bell will donate 5 cents to
programs dedicated to mental health.
3. Research
2. Community care and access
Together with the Canadian health
care community from coast to coast
to coast, Bell will work to enhance
access to mental health care
with solutions ranging from local
community support to telemedicine to
improved hospital capabilities.
Our first gift of $1 million will
support the Royal Ottawa Hospital
Foundation’s videoconferencingbased telepsychiatry program, a
national initiative that is especially
effective in serving remote
communities. Bell will also launch a
country-wide grant fund for smaller
organizations looking to improve
Contest
Check out the new In Touch website, sign up for the email distribution list
and gain a chance to win a smartphone. Details on page 20.
To support research that leads to
better understanding, prevention and
treatment of mental illness, Bell will
invest in groundbreaking programs
at hospitals, universities and other
institutions across Canada through
new research chairs, fellowships,
bursaries and project grants.
(Continued on page 3)
In this issue
News roundup . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bell buys CTV . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bell retiree profile . . . . . . . . . 4
Bell retirees in the community 5
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Retirements and obituaries . 11
Employee Giving Program . 16
Friends and Family offer . . . 19
In Touch contest . . . . . . . . . 20
News roundup
September 21
September 10
July 5
Bell introduces a new charitable
initiative in support of mental health
Bell buys CTV
Bell TV enhances French content
with Zeste and Playhouse
Disney télé
Read article on page 1.
September 8
September 16
Bell TV first in Canada to offer
satellite customers national
video‑on-demand service
Bell launches Bell TV On Demand,
the first national on-demand video
service available to Canadian satellite
TV subscribers. Bell TV On Demand is
also the first to offer satellite customers
national on-demand access to select
titles in crystal clear 1080p HD
resolution, comparable to Blu-ray™.
Bell Fibe TV™ is here
Bell’s IPTV (Internet Protocol Television)
service has debuted in Toronto and
Montréal. The new service called
Fibe TV™ was one of the most
anticipated new communications
services in Canada with premium
content, advanced programming
options and stunning picture quality
that take TV viewing a dramatic step
forward.
Delivered over Bell’s multibillion-dollar
FTTN network, Fibe TV complements
our popular national Bell TV satellite
service and accelerates TV choice
and competition in both of these major
urban markets. For more information,
go to bell.ca/fibetv.
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Bell Mobility scores touchdown
with exclusive NFL partnership
Bell and the National Football League
(NFL) announced an exclusive
multi-year relationship to bring live
NFL regular-season and post-season
games, including the Super Bowl,
NFL Network, RedZone and much more
NFL content, to Bell Mobility phones
across Canada.
July 30
iPhone 4 now available
on Canada’s best network
September 13
BCE
shares
Read article on page 3.
Bell has begun offering iPhone 4, the
thinnest smartphone in the world, with
the highest resolution display and
the most advanced mobile operating
system, iOS 4, which includes
multitasking and over 100 new features.
iPhone 4 is the ultimate platform for
the more than 200,000 applications
available from the App Store, including
Apple’s new iMovie application for
editing videos on the go. For more
information, go to bell.ca/iphone4.
July 29
Bell Homestead celebrates a
“Century of Connections”
Alexander Graham Bell’s first Canadian
residence celebrates 100 years as a
historic site. It was at his family farm
near Brantford, Ontario that Alexander
Graham Bell made some of the most
important breakthroughs in his invention
of the telephone. The Bell Homestead
is open to the public Tuesday to
Sunday. For more information, go to
www.bellhomestead.ca.
Closing price
September 24, 2010: $33.77
Low
October 15, 2009: $25.07
High
September 22, 2010: $34.00
Bell TV has announced the exclusive
addition of Playhouse Disney télé
(PHD télé) to its growing line-up of
French content. PHD télé and Zeste
food specialty channel, which launched
in April, are two key additions to the
company’s French specialty and family
entertainment programming. For more
information, go to bell.ca/tv.
June 25
BCE once again shows its leadership
as a corporate citizen
The 2009 Corporate Responsibility
Report reinforces BCE’s track record
on environmental, community and
sustainability issues. And as always,
it’s chock full of facts, figures and
compelling stories that demonstrate the
company’s commitment to the highest
standards of ethical, responsible and
community-oriented behaviour. Read it
online at bce.ca/responsibility.
June 10
Bell’s Turbo Hub now available
in Western Canada
Consumers and businesses in rural
and remote communities in Ontario and
Québec, and now in British Colombia
and Alberta, can access high-speed
Internet and voice service using the
new Bell Turbo Hub on Canada’s best
network. For more information, go to
bell.ca/turbohub.
For information on Bell
products and services,
go to bell.ca or call 310-BELL.
(Continued from page 1)
Introducing Bell’s new national
charitable initiative in support
of mental health
4. Workplace health
Bell will work with corporate Canada and the health
care community to develop and adopt mental health
best practices in our workplace. That includes easy
access to mental health information for Bell team
members, advanced return-to-work programs and the
creation of an overall culture of mental health support.
Every senior leader will participate in new training and
information programs to accelerate understanding of
and action around mental health issues. Educational
elements for all team members will range from special
webcasts to lunch and learn sessions.
Find our more, by visiting Bell’s Mental Health website
at bce.ca/mentalhealth.
Bell buys CTV, Canada’s #1
media company
With the acquisition of CTV, announced September 10, Bell is
taking a big step closer to becoming Canada’s leading video
provider across all three screens: TV, mobile and online.
Bell will buy 100% of CTV, including the nation’s premier
TV network, the most popular speciality channels in Canada,
the leading digital media sites and the largest radio network in
the country.
Bell’s purchase of CTV generated a flurry of media coverage
heralding the deal as an historic move that will remake
the media landscape in Canada. Most commentators and
analysts agreed that the acquisition of CTV is a perfect
fit with Bell’s strategy: it ensures we have the best video
content for our TV, online and mobile platforms, such as Bell
Mobile TV, Bell TV Online and Fibe TV, our new IPTV service
that recently launched in several Toronto and Montréal
neighbourhoods. It also strengthens Bell’s competitive
position, more than levelling the playing field with competitors
like Vidéotron, Shaw and Rogers, who have significant media
assets.
CTV brings to Bell an awesome array of popular content,
including top specialty channels like TSN and RDS; leading
online destinations like CTV.ca, MuchMusic.com and
TheComedyNetwork.ca; and of course, Canada’s mostwatched network, CTV, and its 27 stations across the country.
We’ll also be welcoming a great team of more than 5,000
CTV employees right across Canada, who did a stellar job
broadcasting the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Video is a big part of Bell’s business and is going to get a lot
bigger. Bell TV already generates as much revenue as home
phones and that doesn’t include our fast-growing Bell Mobile
TV and the just-launched Fibe TV. With the best video content
and the best networks for delivering this content to customers,
Bell is well on its way to becoming Canada’s #1 TV provider.
Update on Bell’s Pension Plan
Our most recent actuarial valuation of the Bell Canada
Pension Plan, held on December 31, 2009, showed a
solvency* ratio of 89.6% and a funding* ratio of 100.2%.
A solvency ratio of less than 100% means that if the Plan
had been terminated on December 31, 2009, the company
would have 5 years from that time to cover any insufficient
funds and pay all of the Plan’s commitments.
Find more information in the 2010 Pension Information
Committee report available in the News section of the
In Touch website at www.intouch.bell.ca.
* A solvency ratio refers to assets divided by liabilities, calculated
as if the plan had terminated. A funding ratio relates to assets divided by
liabilities, calculated on a going-concern basis.
Bell Canada and the participating subsidiaries are contributing
to the Plan in accordance with pension legislation and as per
the Solvency Funding Relief Regulations.
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Bell retiree profile
Living in the fast lane
At 73, Jimmy Seanosky exercises up
to three hours a day, six days a week,
and proudly boasts that he doesn’t
take a single pill.
While most men his age are taking
it easy on the golf course, Jimmy’s
favourite sport is inline speed skating,
a sport he took up when he moved
to Florida in 1997, seven years
after retiring as a manager in the
Engineering & Provisioning group in
Montréal at the enviable age of 53.
What does he love most about speed
skating? “The speed of course,” says
Jimmy with a laugh.
On a recent morning, Jimmy clocked
a training speed of one minute and
55 seconds for a 1,000 metre sprint.
In competition, he could make it in one
minute, 40 seconds. Unofficially, Jimmy
owns all the sprint records in Canada
and the United States. He can’t claim
the records officially because there are
no other competitors in his age group.
“I’m the only skater in North America
that does outdoor speed skating
because it’s very strenuous with the
wind and the heat,” he explains. While
he does compete with men up to
20 years younger, he admits: “I can’t
make the podium because of the big
difference in age.”
But that doesn’t stop him from
training regardless. Every morning,
Jimmy heads out to the Hollywood
Beach boardwalk where he practices
his sprints and indulges his other
passion: preaching the benefits of
exercise. “I love to talk with the locals
and tourists about speed skating,”
says Jimmy, who also offers free
demonstrations. In 2008, he started
a website called “SkateForHealth”
to promote speed skating as a way to
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stay fit. “I recommend skating for older
people too,” he says. “If they’re sound
of body, they can learn how to skate.”
A lifelong sports enthusiast, Jimmy
was on the track, football, hockey and
gymnastics teams in high school. As
an adult, he’s been a marathoner, a
curling enthusiast/coach and a body
builder. In the early 1960s, he founded
the Bell Canada Québec City hockey
league. “I’ve been into sports all my
life,” he says.
Now, his mission is to convey that love
of sport to a younger generation. He
recently applied to become accredited
to perform skating demonstrations
in gymnasiums and outdoor rinks in
schools and city parks. “I’ll be able
to work with kids of all ages from
kindergarten to high school,” he says.
Besides his passion for sport, Jimmy
has also self-published three language
lexicons on Amazon.com and started
an entertainment business singing
karaoke. Next year, he plans to indulge
his interest in ancient history by
travelling to Mayan, Incan, Egyptian
and Sumerian historic sites. “I’ve got
lots on the go,” he admits. “Life is great
when you find hobbies and sports
that really interest you. This is just the
start,” states the indefatigable Jimmy
who—no surprise—plans to live until
he’s 130!
For more info, visit Jimmy’s website
at www.skateforhealth.com.
If you, or other retirees
you know, have found
interesting ways to fully enjoy
your retirement, we would like
to hear from you. Send us an
e-mail at [email protected], or
write to us at 1 carrefour
Alexander-Graham-Bell, A-4,
Verdun (Québec) H3E 3B3.
Bell retirees in the community
Learning centre teaches Bell retiree
importance of volunteering
“Without the more than
60 volunteers who help us out,
we wouldn’t be able to offer the
services that we do,” states Karen
Barr, Executive Director of the
Comox Valley Adult Learning
Centre. Among those indispensible
volunteers is Bell retiree Judy Jolley.
Judy has been volunteering at the
learning centre for 10 years as a
receptionist. On paper, her duties
consist mainly of answering the
phone and basic office work. But, as
Karen explains, Judy’s contribution
is so much more than that. “Judy
has a real gift for making people
who come through our doors feel so
welcome,” she says. According to
Karen, there is no task too big or too
small for Judy to tackle. Not only is
she reliable and hard working, but
she’s also very funny. “She has a
knack for putting things in a way that
makes light work of something rather
than turning it into a serious issue,”
Karen explains, adding: “She’s just
a real pleasure to have around the
organization.”
What Judy finds most gratifying
about volunteering at the learning
centre is the belief that she’s
doing something useful. “The
Comox Valley Adult Learning
Centre truly makes me feel that
I’m making a useful contribution to
our community,” says Judy, who
retired from Bell in 1996 as an
administrative clerk in the Dorval
office. In 2000, she and her husband
moved to the Comox Valley in British
Columbia.
Judy also makes herself useful to
the learning centre by helping with
fundraising. In addition to selling
raffle tickets to raise money, Judy
has also received a $500 grant from
Bell’s Employee Giving Program for
the past seven years. Those funds
have crucially gone to finance tutor
training. “I just have to put in my
50 hours of volunteer work a year,
which doesn’t take too long,” says
Judy, who volunteers four hours at
the learning centre every week.
Established in 1993, the Comox
Valley Adult Learning Centre is
dedicated to increasing adult literacy
in the area. Their services include a
program that helps adults learn and
improve their basic math, reading,
writing, computer, and workplaceessential skills; ESL tutoring; a
learning program for parents; and
computer workshops for seniors.
The tutors are all volunteers and the
services are free. “I think it’s truly
wonderful how the learning centre
is helping people, both those who
are new to our country as well as
those adults who, for one reason or
another, have slipped through the
cracks of our school system and
never learned the proper reading
and writing skills,” Judy says.
The learning centre has also taught
Judith some things too: namely, the
importance of volunteering to help
those in your own community.
Bell’s Employee Giving Program
offers employees and retirees the
ability to make donations to their
favourite charities through payroll
deduction and/or personal credit
card donations. The program also
recognizes employee and retiree
volunteer efforts through grants
back to the charitable and sport
organizations with which they are
involved.
Complete details about Bell’s
Employee Giving Program:
• consult the In the community
section of the In Touch website
at www.intouch.bell.ca
• write to [email protected]
or
• call 1 866 670-8800
For more on the Comox Valley
Adult Learning Centre visit
www.cvalc.ca. More about
volunteering in Canada at www.volunteer.ca.
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Bell retirees in the community
Helping others know they’re not alone
For Joanne Smith, volunteering
isn’t just a noble pursuit… it’s a
personal one.
Twenty years ago when Joanne was
having difficulty caring for her mother,
who suffered from a severe mental
illness, she turned to AMI-Québec
for help. The organization was so
supportive, she felt compelled to
give back.
AMI-Québec (which stands for
‘action on mental illness’) is a
grassroots organization that
provides support and information to
help families manage the effects of
mental illness. Serving more than
1,000 members a year, they also
work to promote understanding
and dispel the stigma surrounding
mental illness.
When Joanne attended her first
family support group meeting in
1990, it was a revelation to her: she
realized she was not alone; others
were going through the same thing.
Today, she facilitates such meetings,
helping to break the isolation so
many primary caregivers feel.
“Meeting people who were going
through the same difficulties gave
me hope that I wasn’t alone and that
made quite a difference in my life,”
explains Joanne, who ended her
career at Bell in 2003 as a Business
Analyst in Toll Billing. “Those
meetings gave me insight into what
strategies had worked for others
and showed me that the difficulties
associated with caring for a loved
one were not unique to me.”
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She joined the organization as a
volunteer that same year and has
since been helping out in any way
she can, from serving coffee, to
giving presentations in hospitals, to
writing articles for the organization’s
newsletter, to serving as Secretary
on its board. Currently, Joanne
facilitates a monthly family support
group, is a member of the fundraising
committee, and sits as a family
member on the organization’s board.
Plus, twice a year she co-facilitates
a six-week family education
workshop. Thanks to her volunteer
work, Joanne receives yearly $500
grants from Bell’s Employee Giving
Program; money that is crucial to
funding the organization’s programs.
“As a facilitator, my role is to
encourage people to talk and make
sure no one interrupts them,” Joanne
explains. “These support groups are
a chance to provide information, talk
about what difficulties the caregivers
are having and give them a chance
to share their common experiences.”
She also directs people to resources
that are available to them in the city
and primarily through AMI-Québec.
Unlike with illnesses like heart
disease and cancer, obtaining
information about mental illnesses
is often difficult for family members.
AMI-Québec works with other family
organizations throughout Québec
to provide such information. While
they mostly provide services to
the English-speaking community
of Montréal and the surrounding
areas, since introducing monthly
Joanne Smith reviews the fall issue of the
AMI-Québec newsletter.
Tele-Support Groups and monthly
Tele-Workshops (which allow family
members to attend sessions via
telephone), AMI-Québec is now able
to provide services in English to
family members across the province.
Joanne recalls how the support she
received from AMI-Québec all those
years ago enabled her to develop a
relationship with her mother for the
first time in her life. It’s something
for which she will always be grateful.
“I appreciate the idea of being able
to give back and help others in the
same way that I was helped,” she
concludes.
For more on AMI-Québec
visit www.amiquebec.org.
Events
Ontario
Barrie
Huronia Telecom Pioneers
The club meets monthly from
February to June and October to
December. Current schedule:
• October 19 – Georgian Downs race
night with dinner
• November 15 – Grace United
Church
• December 4 – Xmas luncheon at
the Kempenfelt Centre
Info: Vickie Douglas at 705 835-3637
or Brenda Collins at 705 726-7444.
Cornwall
Bell Telephone Pioneers
of Cornwall
The club meets for lunch every
second Wednesday of the month
(from September to June) at
the Royal Canadian Legion,
Glen Room 415, 2nd St. W.
Info and reserv.: Dan Youmelle at
613 938-1930 or 613 936-5020;
[email protected].
Hamilton Retirees Club
December 9
Christmas luncheon at Michelangelo
Banquet Centre. Social time from
11:30 a.m.; lunch at 1:00 p.m.
Cost T.B.A. Info: Edith Gallagher
at 905 575-8205; edith.gallagher@
sympatico.ca.
London Telecom Pioneer Club
Vacation getaways
February 17, 2011
Hawaiian Adventure – 10 day
escorted tour of Hawaii including
Oahu, Kauai and Maui. Cost:
$4,899 p.p. (double occ.). Info:
Cary Grant at 1 800 209-7114 or
[email protected].
Inge Desautels and Marion Berglund:
two Bell co-workers who have never
retired!
Inge Desautels began her career
as a volunteer in the 1970s
when she led a fundraising
campaign to finance a new
long-term care facility in Dryden,
Ontario. The campaign collected
$1.3M and the Princess Court
opened its doors in 2000.
Today, Inge heads the Dryden
Extended Care Organization,
which provides assistance
to the centre. And as if that
weren’t enough, Inge also does
volunteer work at the Dryden
Go Getters seniors centre.
Marion Berglund, who spends
most of her days volunteering at
the Dryden Go Getters seniors
centre, coordinates a variety
of activities and services, such
as weekly bingo, lunches, and
ROSE Volunteers
October 17
A day of fun betting at Woodbine
Racetrack. Races start at 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $50 p.p. RSVP by Oct. 12 at
1 800 254-5022 or Nancy Spence at
416 292-5322. Pay by cash, cheque
or credit card. All proceeds go to
charity.
Vacation getaways
Check www.rosevolunteers.com
for info on trips available throughout
2010/2011.
Volunteers are always needed for
planting projects at Leisureworld –
Altamonte and Guildwood Extendicare.
access to the onsite nursing
services, and has been an active
member of the board of directors
for the past five years.
For these two women, who are
also active in their church’s
functions and services,
volunteering is very fulfilling and
perfectly natural.
Inge Desautels and Marion Berglund
Info: www.rosevolunteers.com or
Sharon Teed at 1 800 254-5022;
[email protected].
Telco Community Volunteers (TCV)
Five retirees clubs, under the banner
of TCV, have been serving retirees
in the Greater Metropolitan Toronto
area since 2000. Retirees Clubs are
located in Brampton, Mississauga,
Oakville, Scarborough and Toronto.
Clubs hold monthly events that
include meetings of members,
cultural and recreational tours,
fellowship events and participation
in local charitable activities. Visit
www.telcocommunityvolunteers.com
for more information.
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Events (cont’d)
October 13
Annual General Meeting at
the Novotel Hotel North York,
3 Park Home Avenue. Lunch at
noon followed by the business
meeting and a guest speaker.
Register your attendance with your
club. Underground parking available
at hotel.
TCV Brampton Retirees Club
(General Brampton Area)
General club meetings first Thursday
of every month. More info at
http://brampton.telcocommunity
volunteers.com. To join: Jim Doyle
at 905 941-4426; brampton@
telcocommunityvolunteers.com.
TCV Fieldway Retirees Club
(Mississauga, Etobicoke &
environs)
General club meetings third
Monday of every month (except July,
August and December). More info
at http://fieldway.telcocommunity
volunteers.com. To join: Cecil
Chin at 905 671-2052; fieldway@
• December 7 – Annual Christmas
luncheon at Le Dome Banquet
Hall, 1173 North Service Road
East in Oakville. Doors open at
11:00 a.m. Cost: $15 p.p./members
and partners; $30 p.p./guests.
Reservations obligatory: call any
member of the Program Committee
by Dec. 1.
• February 1, 2011 – A general
meeting of your club at Maple
Grove United Church. Lunch
at noon; meeting at 1:00 p.m.
Speaker to be announced.
• General club meetings held the first
Tuesday of February and October
at Maple Grove United Church.
Event Line at 905 849-9867 or
http://oakville.telcocommunity
volunteers.com. To join: Pat Herron
at 905 794-7971; herronbird@
rogers.com.
TCV Toronto Retirees’ Club
(Downtown, Midtown, North)
• December 2 – Christmas luncheon
at the Novotel Hotel North York,
3 Park Home Avenue at noon.
Cost: $20 p.p. Register with
Nancy Spence at 416 292-5322
if attending.
Bell retirees golf tournament
a big success!
The 18th annual Bell retirees golf tournament was held on June 22
at the Lotbinière Golf Club. Over 150 golfers from the Greater
Québec City Area participated in the tournament. For the second
year, Christian Goulet, Bell Assistant Vice-President – Québec
Public Sector, served as honorary president. The tournament was an
opportunity for retirees to enjoy each other’s company, take part in
various contests and share a meal.
TCV Oakville Club (Oakville,
Burlington, Milton, Mississauga)
• October 13 – TCV annual meeting
at Novotel Hotel, North York. Lunch
at 12:30 p.m. followed by meeting.
Bus leaves Maple Grove United
Church at 10:15 a.m. Reserv.:
Rosy Hayward at 905 823-2546.
• October 20 – A fall drive to
St. Jacobs Country for lunch
at Crossroads and a 2:00 p.m.
matinée of Twelve Angry Men.
Bus leaves Maple Grove United
Church at 10:00 a.m. Cost:
$55 p.p./members and partners;
$75 p.p./guests. Reserv.: Fred
Bucknam at 905 634‑9836.
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Left to right: Lyle Sample, ETFS Travel & Healthcare Solutions, Christian Goulet,
Denis Chartrand, Caisse d’économie des employés en Télécommunication, and
Yvan Bastien, Bell retiree and outgoing honorary president.
• General club meetings first Monday
of every month, unless a holiday.
Hot Line at 416 440-6838 or
http://toronto.telcocommunity
volunteers.com. For info regarding
the Heart Pillow Group or Quilting
Group, call Nancy Spence at
416 292-5322.
Retirees get together in Saint-Jérôme
and Lachute
TCV Scarborough Retirees Club
(Scarborough, East, Northeast)
General club meetings third Tuesday
of every month (except July,
August and December). More
info at http://scarborough.
To join: Ron Green at 416 290‑5381;
scarborough@telcocommunity
volunteers.com.
Québec
Montréal
Bell Community Volunteers
• The Bell Community Volunteers
are currently collecting pop-can
tabs to help finance the purchase
of the 142nd wheelchair for
Fondation Clermont Bonnenfant.
Please send your donations
to or drop them off at the Bell
Community Volunteers office
(C-29), 700, de La Gauchetière W.,
Montréal, Québec, H3B 4L1,
c/o Lise Ouellet. Info.: Lise Ouellet,
514 870-2569; lise.ouellet3@
sympatico.ca.
• Memorial mass, Saturday,
November 13 at Maison des Sœurs
Grises (1190, Guy in Montréal).
Doors open at 10:00 a.m., mass at
10:30 a.m., lunch at noon. Price:
$20. Free parking at 1200, Guy.
Reserv.: Thérèse Lecavalier or
Lise Ouellet, 514 870-2569;
[email protected]
(by November 5).
• Christmas lunch, Friday,
December 10 at the Delta Montréal
(475, Président-Kennedy, McGill
In the photo: Retirees at a breakfast in Saint-Jérôme.
In 1993, a group of retirees in Saint-Jérôme, including Jean-Guy
Perron, decided they would get together on the last Thursday of
every month to have breakfast and chat. Since then, the group has
grown steadily. Even though he moved to the Outaouais region in
1995, Jean-Guy has not only continued to attend the breakfasts but
also started a second group in Lachute, whose members meet on the
last Friday of every month. To find out more, email Jean-Guy at
[email protected].
station). Price: $38. Reserve by
November 26. Info.: Lise Ouellet,
514 870-2569; lise.ouellet3@
sympatico.ca.
• Artists and craftspeople, come
show your work at the exhibition
sale to be held November 16 and
17 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the Bell Campus (1, carrefour
Alexander-Graham-Bell, Île-desSœurs, Verdun). Interested in
exhibiting your work? Contact
Lise Ouellet, 514 870-2569;
[email protected].
Organized vacation tours
(Montréal departure)
• Traditional Christmas at Cap-Santé,
Saturday, November 24.
• Provence and the Côte d’Azur,
May 9 to 20, 2011.
Info.: Lise Ouellet, 514 931-3319;
[email protected].
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Events (cont’d)
Québec City
Club Bell-Vie
• Saturday, November 6 at
11:00 a.m. – Memorial mass at
Saint-Sacrement Church, Chemin
Sainte-Foy. Buffet and conversation
after the mass in the church
basement. Reserv.: 418 661-3441.
• Sunday, December 5 – Christmas
lunch. Full details at 418 661-2112.
• Club Bell-Vie is looking for
retirees who would like to join the
club’s management team. If you
are interested, leave a voice
message with your contact info.
at 418 661-3441.
• Next breakfast meetings at
Kalimera Restaurant (577, Charest
Blvd W., corner Aqueduc):
October 27, November 24 and
January 26, at 9:00 a.m. Reserv.:
418 661-3441. No meeting in
December.
• For information about Club BellVie activities, call the news line at
418 661-2112.
• If you are a Club Bell-Vie member
and have changed addresses
recently, don’t forget to advise
Denise Baillargeon at 418 687-3331.
Volunteers wanted
Alberta
Bethany Lifeline is seeking
volunteers to install Lifeline units
in Calgary. Lifeline is a 24-hour
Personal Emergency Response
service. Includes training and
ongoing support, reimbursement
of mileage costs and a free Lifeline
subscription for the volunteer or
a family member. Info: Wendy
Ahlefeld at 403 210-4667 or
[email protected].
Ontario
The Friends of the Canadian War
Museum (www.friends-amis.org)
are seeking a part-time volunteer
to coordinate the recruiting,
management and celebration of
volunteers at the Canadian War
Museum in Ottawa. The position
requires good organization and
interpersonal skills. Info: Mike
Bedford at 819 776-8618 or
[email protected].
The Toronto office of the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Ontario
needs volunteers to assist in
corporate, community and youth
fundraising programs. Info: Jennifer
Woodill at 416 489-7111, ext. 358;
[email protected].
10 | In Touch
The Lung Association has plenty
of volunteering opportunities in
the McMaster Region (Brantford,
Hamilton, Haldimand-Norfolk,
Niagara and Waterloo-Wellington)
for Bell retirees. For more info, call
Sandy Lee at:
• Brantford area: 519 753-4682
• Hamilton: 905 383-1616
• Simcoe: 519 426-4973
• Niagara and Waterloo-Wellington:
1 800 790-5527
St. Patrick’s Home of
Ottawa Inc., a long-term care
home, is seeking volunteers to
assist with residents’ day-to-day
activities (leisure programming,
wheelchair escort, pastoral
services, meal assistant, etc.).
Training provided. Info: Suzanne
Jeansonne at 613 731-0094,
ext. 235; suzannejeansonne@
stpats.ca.
Canada-wide
The Red Cross is looking for
volunteers to join its Disaster
Management team. Preference
for volunteers available weekdays
from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Training provided. Info: www.
redcross.ca/volunteernow.
Are you a Member
of the Bell
Pensioners’ Group?
BPG was founded 15 years ago by
a group of Bell pensioners who got
together to create an organization
totally dedicated to the protection of
two of your most important assets:
your Bell pension and benefits.
The site will give you access to the
sites of BPG’s five local chapters
where you can get a membership
application form under the tab
“Become A Member.” An application
form is also available in the March
issue of In Touch.
To become a member and find
out more about the BPG and
its activities, visit bellpensionersgroup.ca.
Retirements and obituaries from May to August 2010
Retirements
Ontario
Thomas Aabna, in Toronto,
29 years and 2 months
Kathyrin A. Agaoglu,
in Mississauga, 33 years and
9 months
Jon A. Allison, in Toronto,
Louis Almeida,
2 months
Randall G. Badcock,
in Scarborough, 36 years and
1 month
Gary Crossman,
in Val Therese, 21 years and
2 months
Judy E. Horsley,
9 months
Jackie I. Currie, in Toronto,
Richard Howes,
in Scarborough, 35 years and
2 months
Gina W. Davis, in Hamilton,
Leslie G. Deavy, in Ottawa,
Diane Désilets, in Ottawa,
J. Joan Donaldson,
3 months
Allan J. Duff, in Ottawa,
Michelle M. Badley,
6 months
Margaret Easterbrook,
in Hamilton, 32 years and
5 months
Solveig Barber, in Don Mills,
John R. Edmonds,
in Stratford, 31 years and
9 months
Léopold Beaudet, in Ottawa,
Susan Bianco, in Mississauga,
29 years
Daniel C. Blackton,
in Windsor, 34 years and
2 months
Graham Boone, in Don Mills,
Bonnie Brennan, in Toronto,
Nancy E. Brown, in London,
Catherine A. Butten,
in Mississauga, 29 years
Vivia R. Campbell, in Don
Mills, 20 years and 11 months
Alan M. Childs, in Ajax,
Ian D. Churchill, in Zephyr,
Bonita Ciarallo, in London,
36 years and 1 month
Michael Clements,
in Hamilton, 29 years and
6 months
Mark A. Coady,
in Scarborough, 32 years
Leon Conner, in Mississauga,
Lucy Corrigan,
8 months
Wendy A. Hudspith,
in Toronto, 20 years and
3 months
Carla Hughes, in London,
David E. Hyatt,
in St. Catharines, 29 years and
10 months
Amalia Iantorno, in Toronto,
Bradley D. Irwin, in Toronto,
Brian Kelahear, in Ottawa,
Keith Kelly, in Scarborough,
Jamileh Ehsani, in Ottawa,
John Kelso, in Dunrobin,
Terry J. Fairbarn,
in Newmarket, 28 years and
4 months
Russell G. Kerr, in Toronto,
Christine A. Fuller,
7 months
Michael Gaida, in Toronto,
Hendrysena Gamage,
in Ottawa, 35 years
Mary Giotsalitis, in Toronto,
Karen Good, in Mississauga,
Louise C. Kinszky,
1 month
Roy Kissore, in Mississauga,
Orly Krauklis, in Don Mills,
David Krause, in Ottawa,
Wendy J. Kropka, in Toronto,
Ingrid Granton, in Toronto,
33 years
John A. Kustra,
in Stoney Creek, 34 years and
10 months
Frank S. Grech, in Don Mills,
David Lamb, in Woodstock,
Steven E. Guernsey,
in Picton, 32 years and
10 months
Colin R. Landrigan,
1 month
Dulari Harrichand, in Toronto,
Arthur D. Langevin,
in Ottawa, 31 years and
11 months
David A. Harris, in Kitchener,
Elizabeth A. Harris,
in Oshawa, 32 years and
9 months
Laural Harris, in Ottawa,
Pierre C. Langevin,
in North York, 33 years and
7 months
Avis Lecky, in Mississauga,
34 years
Isabelle Lesniewski,
in Pembroke, 31 years and
6 months
A. Scott Lester, in Etobicoke,
Siu Lien Liew, in Toronto,
Richard H. Louch, in Ottawa,
Deborah B. Luke,
Robert Lush, in Mississauga,
Robert M. MacKenzie,
in Lindsay, 36 years
Donald Mahony, in Toronto,
Barbra Malins, in Toronto,
Glenn W. Marchant,
11 months
Felicity E. Martin,
James R. McAllister,
9 months
John McBride, in Mississauga,
Paul D. McCluskey,
in Hampton, 32 years and
8 months
Barbara A. McCutcheon,
4 months
Ian McDonald, in Barrie,
Sheryl D. McGill,
3 months
David McGraw, in Hamilton,
Paul W. Melling, in Kingston,
33 years
Richard Middleton, in Ottawa,
Gloria C. Miller, in Toronto,
Jo-Anne Mineault, in Ottawa,
David Moriarity,
7 months
Laura E. Morris, in Ottawa,
Zainool Mustapha,
in Brampton, 10 years and
1 month
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Retirements and obituaries from May to August 2010 (cont’d)
William Nagle, in Ottawa,
Terry A. Salhani, in Toronto,
Patrick L. Neilly, in Don Mills,
Joseph Saule, in Scarborough,
31 years
Rita H. Nykilchyk,
4 months
Teresa M. Scuccimarri, in Don
Mills, 29 years and 10 months
Giselle O’Keefe, in Ottawa,
Chris C. Oliver,
8 months
Joanne M. Palmer, in Toronto,
Terry C. Petican, in Brampton,
Diane H. Service, in Hamilton,
Tomasina Sgrignuoli,
Douglas T. Shinn,
in Newmarket, 32 years and
10 months
Donna L. Stedman, in Toronto,
James Pitcher, in Stratford,
Patrick J. Stephensen,
in Barrie, 37 years and
6 months
Claudia Pooley, in London,
Lorraine Stewart, in Ottawa,
Brenda M. Prevost, in Ottawa,
35 years
Susan C. Sutherland,
in London, 34 years and
3 months
Glenn Raggett,
5 months
E. Pamela Redway, in Toronto,
Marc René-Decotret,
1 month
Denise Swan, in Mississauga,
Andrew A. Swiatlowski,
4 months
Ralph E. Tannahill, in London,
Elizabeth Riley, in Don Mills,
Steve Toczyski, in Etobicoke,
Denise Roach,
5 months
Laurette M. Tremblay,
in London, 35 years
Patricia A. Robitaille,
1 month
Gordon Rogers, in North York,
Douglas S. Ross,
9 months
Michelle Roy, in Ottawa,
Laura Royal, in Mississauga,
Kenneth J. Russell,
2 months
Heather Safran, in Toronto,
Joseph Sage, in Nepean,
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Henriette Tyrrell, in Toronto,
Adrian VanSchyndel,
in London, 35 years and
7 months
Cynthia Wallace,
5 months
William J. Weir, in London,
34 years
June White, in Toronto,
Ronald B. Wilson, in Toronto,
Glen Woodin, in Mississauga,
Robert J. York, in Belleville,
Renato J. Zanon,
Elaine ZeMaytis,
3 months
Québec
Carver Ali, in Montréal,
Lorraine Allaire-Berthiaume,
in Montréal, 11 years and
4 months
Céline Asselin, in Montréal,
Danièle Audet, in Montréal,
Richard Beaudry, in Montréal,
Normand Beaulne,
in Sainte‑Agathe, 34 years and
4 months
Normand Bédard, in Montréal,
Louis Bélanger,
in La Présentation, 35 years
Gérard Belisle, in Montréal,
34 years
Normand Belisle,
in Sainte‑Thérèse, 33 years
et 8 months
Michel Belletête, in Montréal,
Anne Bergeron, in Verdun,
Normand Bernier,
in Pont‑Viau, 35 years and
7 months
Yves Bessette, in Montréal,
35 years
Pierre Bezeau, in SaintJérôme, 30 years and
3 months
Rose Bidler, in Montréal,
Carole Bissessar, in Montréal,
Diane Blondin-Côté,
7 months
Yves Bond, in Longueuil,
Richard Bonenfant,
10 months
Simon Bouchard,
in Québec City, 34 years and
1 month
Louis Boudreau, in Anjou,
35 years
Sona S. Boyamian,
2 months
Larry G. Brazel, in Montréal,
Carole Breton, in Montréal,
Jean-Pierre Brillant,
10 months
Joanne Careau,
10 months
Carole Chabiague-Laurin,
in Gatineau, 36 years and
1 month
Michel Chevalier, in Candiac,
Solange Ciminelli,
10 months
Monique Cloutier, in Montréal,
Richard Cloutier, in Laval,
Joanne Corriveau,
7 months
Lorraine Croxen, in Montréal,
France Danis, in Montréal,
Jacinthe Delorme,
4 months
Jean-Pierre Denis,
6 months
André Desjardins, in Montréal,
Liborio Di Stefano, in Dorval,
Joe Diogo, in Montréal,
Daniel Doyle, in Montréal,
Rémy Duff, in Chomedey,
Ginette Faucher, in Montréal,
Angel Feeley, in Granby,
Jean Fortin, in Montréal,
Denis Lalonde, in Montréal,
Samir Oueslati, in Montréal,
Denis Fournier, in Gatineau,
Louise Lapensée, in Montréal,
Alain Paquette, in Montréal,
Dyane Fournier, in Montréal,
Mario Laplante,
in Saint‑Bruno, 29 years and
10 months
Danielle Paré, in Verdun,
André Frenette, in Montréal,
Daniel Frenette,
in Drummondville, 33 years
and 10 months
Claude T. Gagnon,
in Saint‑Jean, 32 years and
11 months
Maurice Gamache, in Verdun,
France Gariépy, in Montréal,
Maureen Gauthier,
4 months
Léonce Gélinas,
in Shawinigan, 32 years and
2 months
Francine Girard,
2 months
Colette Gosselin, in Montréal,
Daniel Grenier, in Sherbrooke,
35 years
Robert Guay, in Verdun,
Marc Guertin, in Québec City,
Serge Guimond,
in Sainte‑Thérèse, 24 years
and 4 months
Danielle Houde, in Verdun,
Paul C. Hubert, in Gatineau,
Daniel Jacques, in Verdun,
Alain Jasmin, in Montréal,
Johanne A. Labelle,
in Montréal, 27 years
Monique Lacasse,
in Montréal, 31 years
Raymond Lachambre,
in Verdun, 33 years and
5 months
Denise Lafrance,
in Sainte‑Foy, 32 years and
2 months
Claude Lajoie, in Le Gardeur,
Robert Lapointe, in Montréal,
Alain Lavallée, in Laval,
Gilles Lavallée, in Anjou,
Jocelyne Leduc, in Verdun,
Lise Legault, in Montréal,
9 years
Anne Lemelin, in Sainte-Foy,
Luc Lessard, in Québec City,
Paul-Lucien Lévesque,
6 months
Denis Paré, in Sainte-Foy,
Jean-Claude Paré, in Anjou,
Michel Pelletier,
1 month
Ronald Pelletier,
10 months
Réjean Pilon, in Trois‑Rivières,
Carole Poirier, in Montréal,
Claudio Poletto, in Montréal,
36 years
Linda Poulin, in Montréal,
Émilie Lussier, in Verdun,
Guy Pronovost, in Repentigny,
Serge Lussier, in Verdun,
Hélène Provencher,
2 months
Richard Mannion, in Verdun,
Lucie Martel, in Montréal,
Richard Maurice, in Montréal,
Scott McCartney, in Lasalle,
Hélène McNeil, in Verdun,
Danielle Meloche, in Montréal,
Claude Métayer,
11 months
Manon Migner, in Montréal,
Serge Milse, in Anjou,
Alain Morin, in Montréal,
33 years
Denis Morisset, in Montréal,
Deborah Morris, in Montréal,
Louise Nicol, in Montréal,
Alain Ouellette, in Sherbrooke,
Bernard Rioux, in Montréal,
Renée Robert, in Verdun,
Pierre Rochon, in Montréal,
Maurice Routhier,
1 month
Louise Roy, in Sherbrooke,
Paul-Émile Roy,
11 months
Johane St-Onge,
11 months
Doris St-Pierre,
in Saint‑Lambert, 32 years and
2 months
Daniel Tardif, in Brossard,
Lucie Thérien, in Verdun,
Richard Thérien,
in Saint‑Colomban, 35 years
and 1 month
Suzanne Thérien, in Montréal,
Mourad Tikelaline,
in Sainte‑Foy, 21 years
Lise Turcot-Giroux,
4 months
Christine P. Turcotte,
4 months
Jean-Luc Vaudry,
in Pont‑Viau, 31 years and
1 month
Pierre Verdoni, in Montréal,
Jacques Vézina,
8 months
Richard D. Villeneuve,
in Gatineau, 32 years
Joseph Viventi, in Montréal,
Alberta
Gary Stoutenburg, in Calgary,
British Columbia
Karen C. O’Brien,
in Vancouver, 37 years and
4 months
Céline Samson,
9 months
Obituaries
Ann Sanders, in Sainte-Juliede-Verchères, 35 years and
6 months
Marion Anderson, April 20,
in Arnprior
Diane Sarrazin, in Montréal,
Michel A. Savard, in Montréal,
France Séguin, in Montréal,
Ontario
Owen F. Andrews, July 17,
in Milton
Bruce T. Archer, April 24,
in Fonthill
Richard Armstrong,
August 22, in Kitchener
Claire Aubrey, June 18,
in Pembrook
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Retirements and obituaries from May to August 2010 (cont’d)
Margaret Bagley, April 18,
in Orillia
John W. Dyer, May 10,
in London
Margaret Hutton, June 21,
in Whitby
Leslie Merrifield, May 31,
in North Augusta
V. Owen Ball, May 15,
in Huntsville
Archie A. Edwards, May 7,
in Port Credit (Mississauga)
Stephen Ihasz, April 26,
in Toronto
Roland Mills, June 22,
in Dundas
Elizabeth J. Barron, June 8,
in Scarborough
Gordon Elliott, July 22,
in Niagara Falls
Doreen F. Jackson, June 30,
in Oshawa
Peter B. Mitchell, August 10,
in Bracebridge
Malcolm E. Bell, May 10,
in Belleville
Berthe E. Farley, August 14,
in Gloucester
John Jemison, July 26,
in Windsor
Marion Monahan, April 22,
in Carleton Place
Carolle M. Benoit, May 10,
in Almonte
Aileen C. Fernando, April 28,
in North York
Anne Johnson, June 1,
in Peterborough
Margaret Morgan, May 28,
in Toronto
H. Neil Bielby, August 22,
in North Bay
Gordon P. Findlay, August 14,
in Milton
Flora Jordan, May 11,
in Kingston
Shirley A. Nantais, May 13,
in Windsor
Dorothey Bisschop, June 12,
in Bradford
Jessie Fisher, May 31,
in Willowdale
Kathleen E. Jukes, June 17,
in Innisville
Catherine Ondracek, July 22,
in Ajax
Jane H. Blakely, May 11,
in Kitchener
Robert Francisco, August 10,
in Ajax
Betty J. Kibbler, April 22,
in Kitchener-Waterloo
Brenda L. Organ, August 4,
in Scarborough
Thomas Bourret, July 8,
in Brockville
Margaret Friesen, July 15,
in Huntsville
Alfred Kirton, July 26,
in Corunna
Wing Ho Pang, May 9,
in Vaughan
Alice Brocanier, May 24,
in Tillsonburg
William M. Gilland, May 23,
in North York
William Kobus, July 6,
in Renfrew
William N. Philip, June 15,
in Scarborough
Leslie Brown, June 1,
in Islington
John A. Gooderham, May 9,
in Sutton
Blanche Labute, July 12,
in Tecumseh
James Ramage, May 11,
in Wasaga Beach
Paul Brown, May 6,
in Campbellford
Frances Gorgichuk, June 25,
in Weston
Mary Leavitt, August 18,
in Peterborough
Earl L. Reid, August 17,
in Hamilton
Peggy Brown, May 25,
in Toronto
William Greatrix, June 10,
in Barrie
Norman Legacy, August 17,
in Brantford
Joyce I. Rice, August 8,
in Kincardine
Hugh Campbell, June 12,
in Ancaster
William Greer, April 15,
in Hannon
Ronald Little, April 25,
in Sault Ste. Marie
Barbara Roberton, March 16,
in London
Freda Chinn, April 15,
in St. Thomas
Pauline G. Groulx, May 1,
in Orleans
Derek L. Littlefair, June 3,
in Burlington
Neil P. Robertson, April 16,
in Ottawa
Douglas Clark, June 24,
in Scarborough
Frank T. Hankins, April 24,
in Newmarket
Donald J. Loughlin, May 19,
in Milton
Mary Ann Robitaille, May 24,
in Lasalle
Hilda L. Clark, April 18,
in Sudbury
Helen Hanlan, June 23,
in Peterborough
Muriel E. MacDougall,
June 20, in Scarborough
Maurice C. Rochette, July 29,
in Gloucester
M. Berthe Cloutier, May 28,
in Orleans
Arthur Harriss, July 31,
in Whitby
Veronica J. MacNeil, July 14,
in Brantford
Robert Roose, May 17,
in Peterborough
Beatrice Cole, June 18,
in Ottawa
Peter Hayden, June 11,
in Millgrove
Mercedes Martyn, May 7,
in Mississauga
Donald Ryder, May 6,
in Kingston
Allan Cornelius, July 5,
in Whitby
May B. Hayes, May 20,
in London
William W. McArthur,
August 2, in Orillia
John H. Seeley, June 26,
in London
Elsie Crabb, May 1,
in Hamilton
Douglas Heard, May 15,
in Port Perry
John McBride, July 4,
in Burlington
Jit Singh, April 23,
in Scarborough
Robert J. Craig, May 18,
in Owen Sound
Dorothy Herbert, July 4,
in Thunder Bay
Edith McCartney, July 18,
in Scarborough
Alex Spasov, May 14,
in Ottawa
Karen Danzinger, August 14,
in Toronto
Leslie Hird, July 15, in Toronto
Mary McIntosh, May 16,
in Lucknow
Arthur G. Spencer, August 13,
in Collingwood
Kathleen McIver, July 13,
in Fonthill
Sidney Standen, March 15,
in North Bay
Robert S. McLelland,
August 8, in Sudbury
Helen Stelczer, July 9, in West
Hill
Marjorie McTeer, April 4,
in Dundalk
Robert W. Stringer, May 23,
in Etobicoke
Wilhelmine Merklinger,
May 8, in Waterloo
Allan Swan, August 10,
in Kingston
Beulah Davidge, August 1,
in London
Merle Davison, June 2,
in Guelph
Sandra Dion, August 19,
in Milton
Janet Douglas, July 14,
in Toronto
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Peter E. Holleron, May 2,
in Gloucester
Kenneth Holmes, June 28,
in St. Catharines
Evelyn Hudson, August 3,
in Bala
Edward R. Hulanicki, July 22,
in London
Phylis Taggart, July 24,
in Guelph
Charlotte Delisle, August 2,
in Québec City
Monique A. Laramée,
June 10, in Boucherville
Jocelyne Thibault, June 23,
in Beauport
Margaret Thompson, May 28,
in Islington
Laurence Doyle, July 18,
in Montréal
Ghislain Larouche, August 8,
in Québec City
Fernande Tremblay, August 5,
in Le Gardeur
Vera Topicha, May 23,
in Toronto
Aldo Druda, July 4,
in Acton Vale
Huguette L. Larouche,
April 11, in Trois-Rivières
Jeannette Tremblay, June 10,
in Montréal
Douglas Toynbee, August 16,
in Markham
Annette Duchêne, July 20,
in Montréal
Jacqueline Larue, April 24,
in Québec City
Lysette C. Trottier, May 27,
in Prévost
Elizabeth A. Trotta, July 7,
in Maple
Donalda Duchesne, April 27,
in Terrebone
Raymond Lavigne, July 1,
in Laval
André J. Vaillancourt, July 19,
in Chicoutimi
Richard J. Valcourt,
August 14, in Clarksburg
Jean-Louis Duford, June 6,
in Beloeil
Nicole Lavoie, June 18,
in Blainville
Marie-Ann Velgos, June 8,
in Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Louis Van De Walle, August 2,
in Mississauga
Colette Dufour, August 22,
in Chicoutimi-Nord
Robert Lavoie, April 20,
in Verdun
Henri Verrier, June 22,
in Montréal
Loucianna Voutsinas,
April 24, in Ottawa
Hélène Duhamel, August 3,
in Saint-Jérôme
Nicole Maher, April 27,
in Montréal
Alberta
Bruce R. Waldron, July 16,
in Burlington
Donald Dumouchel,
March 18, in Île-Bizard
Jean-Baptis Maltais, July 28,
in La Malbaie
Reginald Walker, July 23,
in Brampton
Regina Eitner, May 12,
in Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Louise Martineau-Lajoie,
June 21, in Saint-Hubert
Gary J. Walsh, August 6,
in Perth
John Elliott, August 24,
in Montréal
Léo J. Mathieu, April 29,
in Québec City
William N. Watson, June 24,
in Calabogie
Ceres Émond, May 1,
in Valleyfield
Eugène Miron, August 2,
in Lanoraie
William Winton, June 19,
in Ottawa
Claude Émond, July 5,
in Québec City
Thomas Moran, June 19,
in Laval
Susan A. Wisdom, June 6,
in Toronto
Joseph Exantus, August 17,
in Anjou
Jacques Nicole, April 22,
in Wotton
Elizabeth M. Worsley,
June 18, in Markham
Knud Geertsen, June 17,
in Gatineau
Juliette Nieri, April 22,
in Montréal-Nord
Frank Zamora, July 5,
in Toronto
Rolande GerMayn, July 10,
in Montréal
Jules Noreau, August 10,
in Québec City
Charles Renoe, June 30,
in Nanaimo
Barbara A. Ziegler, August 5,
in Ancaster
Madeleine Gingues, June 1,
in Sherbrooke
Dorothée A. Ouellet, April 26,
in Thetford-Mines
David Wilson, July 1,
in Duncan
Québec
James R. Gordon, April 20,
in Ogden
Jeannine Pelland, June 5,
in Joliette
Nova Scotia
Claude Goulet, July 6,
in Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
Jean-Claude Plourde,
May 24, in Sainte-Martine
Gaston Goyette, June 26,
in Laval
Éric Pollard, July 7, in Brôme
Italy
Françoise Presseau, April 8,
in Châteauguay
Angelo Ciccarelli, August
2, in Monteleone Di Puglia,
Foggia
Viviane A. Barnard, May 14,
in Gatineau
Jean-François Beaulieu,
May 9, in Montréal
Denise Bedwani, August 18,
in Sillery
Jeanne Bilodeau, August 7,
in Gatineau
Gertrude Blondeau, May 22,
in Montréal
Clarence F. Bourguignon,
June 30, in Québec City
Chantale Brodeur, August 7,
in Mercier
Pierre Cardinal, May 6,
in Québec City
Bruno Chouinard, June 26,
in Weedon
Fernand Cornellier, June 6,
in Saint-Hubert
Monique De Grandmont,
June 8, in Saint-Léonard
Jeannine M. Hétu, May 4,
in Rosemère
E. Holmes, June 22,
in Kirkland
Raymond R. Hurtubise,
June 30, in Lac-Supérieur
Rosalee Kovalsky, August 1,
in Côte Saint-Luc
John Y. Labonté, June 13,
in Gatineau
Blandine Lacroix, May 6,
in Sherbrooke
Simone Lafleur, May 2,
in Rigaud
Léo Landry, August 15,
in Saint‑Rédempteur
Claire Lapierre, August 6,
in Saint-Laurent
Lise C. Rivard, March 13,
in Verdun
Maurice Robert, May 17,
in Saint-Lambert
Lucie Sauvé, June 13,
in Châteauguay
Jean-Guy J. Sénécal,
August 1, in Brossard
Edwin Massey, May 1,
in Fort Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Stanley Armstrong,
August 11, in Abbotsford
Frank J. Baksics, June 8,
in Mission
James Biggs, July 29,
in Nanaimo
Lillian K. Cornell, July 30,
in Victoria
Elizabeth Farrar, July 1,
in Sydney
Frank Holt, May 16, in Victoria
Richard Godson, May 26,
in Dartmouth
Philippines
Danny R. Clarke, April 16,
in Davao City
United States
Charles Garrow, May 4,
in Ormond Beach, Florida
Robert Sigouin, August 17,
in Montréal-Nord
Jacqueline L. Singer, July 29,
in Montréal
Gilles St-Marseille, June 9,
in Deux-Montagnes
The retirement
and obituary notices
are updated monthly at
www.intouch.bell.ca.
Veronica Stone, June 2,
in Montréal-Nord
October 2010 | 15
Employee Giving Program:
Renew or register today
Every fall, we invite Bell retirees
to participate in the Employee
Giving Program to support charities
and other non-profit organizations
through payroll deduction or a
personal credit card.
Thank you to all the Bell employees
and retirees who made donations
through the Employee Giving
Program in 2010. Together, we
contributed more than $1.3 million
to charities and organizations that
provide direct assistance to families,
children and seniors across Canada.
New focus on mental health
In September, Bell announced that
mental health is the new primary
focus of our community investment
strategy (see article on page 1).
We encourage you to continue
supporting the United Way and your
other favourite charities, but we also
invite you to join the fight against
mental illness by donating to an
organization that supports mental
health research and community
services such as the Canadian
Mental Health Association.
With your help, we can increase
that amount and make an even
bigger positive difference in our
communities. Join the Employee
Giving Program today—just fill out
the form inserted in this In Touch
and send it to us by mail or fax.
Why make a donation from
your pension cheque?
Already making donations?
You must renew your donation
amounts and choice of organizations
every year. The donations you are
currently making will stop at the
end of December unless you fill out
and send us the form. Please don’t
hesitate—your contributions support
the well-being of our communities.
• You can support as many charities
as you want.
Bell’s Volunteer Grant
Program
Bell recognizes retiree and
employee volunteer efforts
through grants to the charitable
and sport organizations with
which they are involved. Grant
applications must be submitted
by December 15, 2010.
• Small monthly amounts can add up
to a big contribution.
• There are no cheque fees, stamps,
envelopes, etc.
• Donations are automatically
included on your tax slips from Bell.
• You are still identified as an
individual donor to the charitable
organization if that is your
preference.
Visit the In the community section of
www.intouch.bell.ca to learn more
about the Employee Giving Program or
the Bell’s Volunteer Grant Program or contact us
at [email protected] or 1 866 670-8800.
Former Québec
Science Fair exhibitors,
we’re looking for you!
As part of their 50th anniversary
celebrations, the organizers of
the Bell Science Fairs in Québec
have launched an extensive
search to locate former exhibitors
from as long ago as possible.
If you are among the
300,000 former students who
once took part in a Science
Fair in Québec, please visit
www.exposciences.qc.ca and
fill out the online form for former
exhibitors—it takes only a
few minutes to complete!
This search will help the Conseil
de développement du loisir
scientifique (CDLS) and its
network partners create a profile
of the up-and-coming scientists
and technologists who enter the
Science Fairs and determine the
role the Science Fairs played
in influencing former exhibitors’
education and career choices.
The CDLS will also contact
former participants who fill
out the online form about a
national reunion planned for
November 18, 2010 in Montréal.
We look forward to hearing about
you and meeting you again!
Please don’t hesitate to circulate
this message within your own
networks!
16 | In Touch
How to ensure you benefit from the
Employee Discount Plan
To ensure you benefit from the Employee Discount Plan
(EDP), please contact the Benefits Administrator at
1 888 400-0661, 48 hours after activating or installing a
Bell service including:
• Activating a new service*
• Moving (even if you are already enrolled in EDP)
• Registering a name change on a One Bill account
* Even if the customer service representative issuing your order
indicates s/he will make the changes for you, and that you must wait
to receive your first bill, you must still personally inform the Benefits
Administrator of this change.
Steps to follow to enrol**
1. Place your service order(s) or request to move:
3. Contact your Benefits Administrator at 1 888 400-0661
and choose Billing Inquiry or Enrolment of a Service to
activate the Employee Discount Plan.
** Retroactive credits cannot be applied until an enrolment request is
made at 1 888 400-0661.
Please note that not all products and services are eligible
for the 35% employee discount. Also, it may take one to
two billing periods before the rebate takes effect (this does
not include any retroactive treatment).
Products and services eligible for the 35% discount
To confirm if your product or service is eligible, contact the
Benefits Administrator at 1 888 400-0661 and please have
your service code (USOC) ready.
• Bell Canada: 310-BELL (310‑2355)
To take advantage of this discount
• Bell Mobility: 1 800 465-2355
• The account must be in the name of the retiree/employee
• Sympatico: 310-SURF (310‑7873)
• The account must be a residential account
• Bell TV: 1 888 759-3474
The complete list of excluded products and services is
published in In Touch once a year in June. To view the
list anytime, go to the Useful links section of the In Touch
website at www.intouch.bell.ca.
2. Wait 48 hours following your service order date.
(For Bell TV, wait 4-5 working days)
Bell TV exclusive Friends
and Family offer
With the fall TV season upon us, it’s the perfect time
to own Canada’s best HD PVR so you won’t miss a
moment of your favourite shows.
For a limited time, Bell team members or retirees
and their friends and family can purchase Bell TV
receivers at exclusive low prices. With additional
savings of $150.00 on HD PVRs, it’s a great time
to subscribe to Bell TV or upgrade your existing
equipment.
To take advantage of this exclusive offer, visit
employeedeals.bell.ca. Log in with the first four
characters of your Bell employee ID and your last
name. To share these great deals with your friends
and family, simply send the link with the first four
characters of your ID.
The Personal
makes a happy winner!
Last June, Bell retiree Michel Aubin, won the first
prize of $10,000 in the Rêves en banque 2010
contest organized by The Personal Insurance
Company. Congratulations!
Left to right: Lucie Fournier, Manager – Benefits, BCE, Michel
Aubin, and Michel Lachance, Director of Business Development,
The Personal.
October 2010 | 19
The In Touch site now offers
you even more!
Streamlined design, new features,
updated content... www.intouch.bell.ca
has had a complete makeover.
Navigating the site and finding the
information you want is now easier
than ever.
And speaking of new features,
be sure to check out the section
for sharing your event photos. It’s
a great way to keep in touch with
former co-workers!
While you’re checking out
the revamped site, why not
sign up for the In Touch email
distribution list. You could win a
latest-generation smartphone!
This simple act of green will
help Bell’s environmental effort
to reduce the company’s paper
consumption. For example, in
2009, Bell managed to save
the equivalent of 26,000 trees
thanks to its e-Bill option, which
a growing number of customers
are choosing.
• News on topics of interest to you
• Information on your benefits and
pension plan and the Employee
Discount Plan
• Retirement notices and obituaries
updated monthly
Sign up for the email distribution list
and you could win!
When you subscribe to the
list, you will receive an email
message as soon as the latest
issue of In Touch is available
online (PDF format). And you will
also be notified every time a new
offer or a news item is added to
the site.
The website’s content now includes:
• Useful forms (donation and volunteer
programs)
• The Québec and Ontario events
and retiree profiles published in the
newsletter
• All of the past issues of In Touch
There are also some great deals to
be had, since the site features several
exclusive discount offers that you won’t
find anywhere else!
To enter the contest
Simply sign up for the
In Touch email distribution
list at www.intouch.bell.ca by
November 30 to gain a chance
to win a smartphone.
The winner’s name will be
published on the website as
soon as the winner has been
notified. Retirees whose name
is already on the distribution list
are automatically eligible for the
contest.
The contest is reserved for Bell retirees.
Only one entry per retiree is allowed.
Produced by Corporate Communications
in collaboration with Human Resources.
In Touch
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Verdun (Québec) H3E 3B3
Telephone: 1 877 666-7474
Fax: 514 766-5735
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.intouch.bell.ca
Employee Services
To inform us of a move or to get information
on your benefits or your pension, contact
Employee Services at 1 888 400-0661 or
[email protected].
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