With speakers from CCFWE, Johannah Brockie - Program Manager for Advocacy and System Change and Jessica Tran - Program Manager for Education and Awareness, this webinar will guide you through the definition of economic abuse, how to identify an economic abuser, impacts of economic abuse, Covid-19...

Ontario has just become the first province to open its legal gambling market to private internet gaming providers. As of April 4, 2022, Ontarians can play casino-style games online and place bets on sports, including single games, through sites regulated by iGaming Ontario. According to the...

An emerging body of international literature is beginning to reveal a significant connection between financial capability metrics and personality, suggesting that what influences our financial well-being may be more nuanced than we previously thought.  This report investigates how the inclusion...

An emerging body of international literature is beginning to reveal a significant connection between financial capability metrics and personality, suggesting that what influences our financial well-being may be more nuanced than we previously thought. This study investigates how the inclusion of...

This report, 'The Perils of Living Paycheque to Paycheque: The relationship between income volatility and financial insecurity', examines the relationship between income instability and broader measures of financial well-being.   This study makes use of a unique dataset that collected...

This report analyzes the Canadian experience with education savings programs, as the US moves towards more comprehensive Children's Savings Account...

Millions of American families have few, if any, financial assets. The financial insecurity of households of color is even more severe: two out of three such households do not have enough savings to cover even a short-term disruption to their income. With more than half a trillion dollars in tax...

The authors developed and experimentally evaluated four novel educational programs delivered online: an informational brochure, a visual interactive tool, a written narrative, and a video narrative. The programs were designed to inform people about risk diversification an essential concept for...

Reimagining financial aid to include asset accumulation for those currently disadvantaged has the potential to meet one of our most critical challenges: equipping enough students to succeed in college education to power future societal economic prosperity, at a cost individual students and our...

In this paper it is suggested that Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) are an investment that may embody the meritocratic values that Americans have for so long professed, values that demand that effort and ability decide why one person succeeds and another fails. More specifically, it is...