Canadians with low incomes lack access to the financial help they need to rebuild their financial health and resilience.
Watch the webinar from September 17, 2025 as we present findings from our recent report: Closing the Divide: Solutions for Canada’s Financial Help Gap.
Prosper Canada’s Director of Systems Change, Lisa Rae presents on solutions for closing the financial help gap so that Canadians with low incomes can access affordable, appropriate, and trustworthy financial help. This session explores how all sectors - government, private sector, and community organizations – can work together to close the divide.
Watch an overview of our report findings, followed by a conversation with representatives from across government, private sector, and community organizations to share their unique perspectives on ways to close the financial help gap. We are joined by Eloise Duncan, Founder and CEO Financial Resilience Institute, who presents an Overview of Financial Vulnerability of Low-Income Canadians based on recent survey data. Panelists include: Shawna Peddle, Associate Vice-President, Citizenship, Co-operators, Gabriele Roehl, Conseillère budgétaire, ACEF du Sud-Ouest de Montréal, and Ruth Stephen, Director, Behavioural Finance Lab, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.
The webinar covers:
- Recent insights on financial vulnerability for Canadians with low incomes, access to financial help and the linkages to financial resilience outcomes (Eloise Duncan, CEO and Founder, Financial Resilience Institute)
- A high-level roadmap on how all sectors can contribute to closing the financial help gap
- Examples from other jurisdictions
- Models we can build from in the Canadian context
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