Selkirk College Students' Union
What is the Extended Health and Dental Plan?
Following a successful referendum of members, the students’ union implemented a comprehensive and mandatory extended health and dental benefits plan for full-time students, with a few exceptions. (A full-time student is 60% course load or 9 credit and course is 14 weeks or longer.) Like other plans at universities and colleges around the country, our plan provides extended coverage for prescription drugs, paramedical services, and dental work, along with travel insurance, Life/Accident Insurance and legal assistance plan and other coverage tailored to students.
Extended Health and Dental Benefits
COST
$285.00 for 12 months coverage.
To add dependents there is an additional cost.
One dependent-$285.00 ($570.00 in total)
Two or more dependents-$480.00 ($765.00 in total)
REGISTERING / MAKING CLAIMS
If a student has been assessed/added to the coverage, they will need to register on the GreenShield+ to make claims, get direct deposit, and student discounts. You will have coverage for 12 months, which begins the first of the month that your course starts. For example, if you started in September, you will have coverage from Sept. 1 – Aug. 31. One exception is if your course starts the last few days of the month, it will start the following month. Coverage is good throughout Canada, as long as your provincial health care is up to date. If your provincial health care is not BC (MSP) you will need to contact the SCSU Castlegar Office to let us know.
BLACKOUT PERIOD
You will not be able to register or make claims until the blackout period is over. The blackout period is usually 6 weeks for new and returning students. If you started in Sept. the blackout period will usually be over mid-Oct, Jan-mid Feb, etc. You will receive an email to your Selkirk College email account when it is over. Please make sure to hang on to all your receipts during this time! You can submit a claim for any services used during the blackout period when it’s over and you have registered.
Students, meeting full-time requirements, with disabilities, that have not been added into the coverage or if you have previously opted out and don’t have existing coverage now and are wanting coverage please contact SCSU.
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GreenShield +
Are you graduating this year? Don’t leave your coverage behind SCSU, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS), and Prosum Health Benefits have partnered to offer affordable health and dental plans that you can access after you’re no longer a student. Starting as low as $27 per month, Individual Health Assist plans allow you the flexibility to choose your level of coverage and more importantly find coverage that fits your budget. If you are graduating, your coverage from your students’ union benefits plan ends 12 months after the start date of your program; once your coverage ends, you will have 90 days to apply for a GSC Health Assist plan. Learn more about the plans available or to start your application at https://www.surehealth.ca/plans-link.
For more information, contact Prosum Health Benefits at 1-855-751-6590 or info@ProsumHealthBenefitsInc.ca
As of June 18, 2025 GSC Everywhere will be migrating to GreenShield+ (GS+).
NO change in benefits.
If you have previously registered with
GSC Everywhere will automatically redirect to GS+.
If not previously registered go to GS+
-Sign In (top right)
-GS+ Member Sign In
-Through An Employer or Organization
-I have a Member ID
-follow remaining steps
Why are members who are eligible for Students' Union extended health and dental plans not eligible for the Canadian Dental Care Plan?
Under CDCP rules, any access to dental insurance makes you ineligible — including Students’ Union health and dental plans, even if you plan to opt out, have to pay for it, or you don’t use it. Click on drop down under You don't have access to dental insurance for full details.
Students’ Unions were not consulted by the federal government in the decision to exclude students based on their coverage through their Students’ Union plan. We understand that the situation with the CDCP can be frustrating.
Have feedback about the CDCP? We encourage students to send an email to the Federal Minister of Health, Marjorie Michel: marjorie.michel@parl.gc.ca
Registering Online
If a student has been added into the coverage, they will need to register with Green Shield+ website to use the benefits. See below for more detailed instructions.
-Sign In (top right)
-GS+ Member Sign In
-Through An Employer or Organization
-I have a Member ID
Your GS+ ID # (or Plan Member ID)
is SSA(6-digit student #)-00
Ex. SSA123456-00
-follow remaining steps
You will also receive an email from AGA Benefit Solutions. You will register with them if you would like to assign a beneficiary for your Life/Accidental Insurance Benefit. You can register with GreenShield+ (GS+) without having registered with AGA Benefit Solutions. You can also go back to AGA and do this later.
The ‘Certificate Number’ is 123456 (your 6-digit student number).
The ‘Client Number’ is SSU- (no numbers, just SSU-)
Attached below is a ‘step by step’ on how to register and make a claim.
Opting Out
With proof of existing extended health and dental insurance, a student can choose to opt-out of the students’ union coverage.
You have until the end of the month that your course starts to opt-out.
MSP is NOT extended health and dental coverage. If you have access to our plan, even if you've previously opted out or do not use it, you do not qualify for Canadian Dental Care Plan (CPCD), nor can CDCP be used to opt our of our coverage.
For opt-out information please visit your local SCSU office. Opt-out forms are available in office or by clicking the link below under “Forms”. This can be done on our health coverage management website.
It is your responsibility to check your Selkirk College account at the end of the month your course began to confirm you have opted out.
Once you have opted out, you are permanently opted out for the rest of your time at Selkirk College. If things change and you have lost your existing coverage you may be added back into our coverage. Please contact the SCSU for more details and see Enrolment Form.
If you have existing coverage, it is possible to combine both coverages to maximize your benefits. For many students this is beneficial. Just because you have coverage doesn’t mean you have to opt-out of the SCSU’s coverage. Check out the ‘Plan Details’ below to see if this is a good option for you.
Enrolment/AddingDependents
Dependants can be added to the SCSU H&D plan for an additional fee. An additional $285.00 to add one dependent. An additional $480.00 to add two or more dependents. Dependents will not have the Life/Accident Insurance or Tutorial Benefit.
Please contact SCSU to get the enrolment form to add dependents, as it must be done by the end of the month your course starts. Dependents need to be added each year.
This is the form needed to be added back into coverage if you had previously opted out and are now without existing coverage. Please contact SCSU to see if you can be added back into the coverage.
Extended Health and Dental Plan Questions
Robin Legere
Organiser Operations
Castlegar Campus Room O-127
1 (250) 365-1303