Discover financial empowerment resources
Discover financial empowerment resources
This is a brochure about the Canada Learning Bond: what it is, how to get it, and how much it gives you. As a parent, you do your best to help your child succeed. You may have already started thinking about your child’s education after high school. The Government of Canada can help you save in a...
This is a presentation from Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman, on financial behaviour and financial literacy. It discusses the RESP / Canada Learning Bond enrolment as an applicaiton for behavioural economics research to improve...
A growing number of Canadians are living with fluctuating incomes - incomes which may vary significantly from month to month, not just from year to year. This makes it difficult to save, plan, and achieve financial wellness. This webinar, "Income volatility in Canada: Why it matters and what to do...
This brief will provide a variety of insights and recommendations for creating more equitable opportunities and inclusive programs based on the first-hand experiences of organizations across the nation. Learning how organizations recognize the challenges that various communities or populations face...
The United Kingdom is at the forefront of the global finance industry and is a leader in the fields of financial services, technology and innovation. Despite this high standing, a sizeable number of UK citizens lack access to even the most basic financial services, while still more are forced to...
While it is clear that the topic of learning remains of great importance to the social sector, many organizations, including those in the public and private sectors, seem to be stuck on operationalizing what it means to engage in and support intentional learning in their organizations. We hope this...
The CFE Fund’s experience has shown that to best support Positive Youth Development, local programs should include financial empowerment strategies: access to, and education about, financial systems combined with opportunities and support to set goals and make good financial decisions. New focus...
Many initiatives are underway focused on teaching kids what people feel they should know about money. But, to our knowledge, no one has ever reached out broadly to ask youth what they want to learn about – what they are interested in – the challenges they face – and how they would like to...
The goal of this report is to share new insights from behavioural science with financial empowerment practitioners so they can integrate behavioural approaches into their work and strengthen the design and delivery of financial empowerment supports for Canadians with low incomes. In this report,...
Two years ago, our organizations released The Hidden Epidemic: A Report on Child and Family Poverty in Toronto, which documented the high level of child and family poverty in the City of Toronto and the widespread lack of access by children to decent housing, food, recreation and learning...
This is a short presentation by SmartSaver that organizations can use to promote the RESP and CLB. It explains the Canada Education Savings Program and annual grant eligibility...
This is the full Vital Signs Report for Toronto in 2016. The Foundation partners with many researchers to produce the Toronto’s Vital Signs® Report. The Report is compiled from current statistics and studies, identifying progress we should be proud of and challenges that need to be addressed. It...
Since the 2015 election, the Liberal government has made two major adjustments to federal programs targeted at children and youth. First, the uniform payment to every family with children was replaced by the new Canada Child Benefit, a benefit worth more to lower income families and withheld...
SAILis Ontario’s competency-based professional development program for management and staff of Ontario Works (programs delivering financial assistance, employment assistance and social supports).•SAIL competencies are tools for service integration at both the organizational and community...
These are the slides from Webinar #4 in the Financial Coaching Listening & Learning Series hosted by the CFED and developed by the assets & Opportunity Network. This webinar examines previous learning in the Financial Coaching & Counseling webinar series, discusses design,...
Using this guide, trainers will: Develop an understanding of learning styles and the trainer’s own style so that when creating a lesson plan, the trainer can design instructional activities to encompass all learning styles; Understand the difference between adult learners and child learners so...
Many laws affect your financial rights and responsibilities within your relationships. In Ontario most of the laws apply to two-person relationships and some laws apply differently to married couples than to partners who are not married. Either way, these law can affect you financially when you...
As we hurtle towards a human community of 9.7 billion people by the year 2050, coupled with new technologies and the growing challenges of our planet’s carrying capacity, there is more and more discussion of systems and how they change or are created. The post-war era has witnessed an...
These are the slides from Webinar #2 in the Financial Coaching Listening & Learning Series hosted by the CFED and developed by the assets & Opportunity Network. This webinar examines key findings from the CFS Financial Coaching Census, reviews client-centred frameworks for financial...
This is the slide deck from Webinar #1 in the series "Financial Coaching & Counseling Listening & Learning Series." Financial coaching has gained momentum in the last 5-6 years and so has the number of national research projects and pilots. This webinar explores the results of the first...
This presentation by TESS has two learning outcomes: 1) Define and describe the financial benefits that are available to Ontario Works Participants and 2) Identify the types of employment supports & programs that are available to participants through...
The gap between rich and poor is reaching new extremes. Credit Suisse recently revealed that the richest 1% have now accumulated more wealth than the rest of the world put together.1 This occurred a year earlier than Oxfam’s much publicized prediction ahead of last year’s World Economic Forum....
During childhood and youth we build the foundations for financial well-being later in life, acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personality traits that enable us to manage our finances as adults. This article reviews literature from consumer science, developmental psychology, and allied...
We are pleased to share the results from the third installment of the Bank of America/USA TODAY Better Money Habits Millennial Report, which measures millennials’ attitudes and priorities around money. The newest findings show that while millennials are reasonably confident about money and are...
The Foundation partners with many researchers to produce the Toronto’s Vital Signs® Report. The Report is compiled from current statistics and studies, identifying progress we should be proud of and challenges that need to be addressed. It is a consolidated snapshot of the trends and issues...