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February 15, 2013
- Educated Money
Pressing the Senate for Action on Financial Literacy
On February 7th, I made a joint presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce to reinforce the value of appointing a national financial literacy leader. MORE
December 31, 2012
- Educated Money
Celebrating 2012 – Planning for More in 2013
On behalf of our team at Investor Education Fund (IEF), I want to share our best wishes for a happy holiday season and a good start to the new year. For us, 2012 was exciting, positive and productive. Among other … MORE
September 24, 2012
- Educated Money
Educating the Educators to Teach Their Students About Money
Teachers were certainly the focus of our recent workshop, A Sound Investment: Financial Literacy in Ontario Schools, where we unveiled our new integrated curriculum for grades 4 to 12 and launched the new InspireFinancialLearning.ca website. MORE
August 31, 2012
- Educated Money
The Desperate Need for Real Financial Literacy Research in Canada
I’ve not blogged before about subjects that bother me, but now I want to share a critique about a practice that is unhelpful to instilling financial literacy. I’m talking about flimsy and superficial research. Don’t get me wrong; there is a place for casual research on financial literacy. In our view, however, too much research is done via “drive-by” omnibus studies that can’t produce meaningful findings on three to five questions. MORE
July 31, 2012
- Educated Money
Financial Literacy Around the World
Open your eyes to financial literacy activities across the globe and you’ll see that Ontario (and Canada) is making progress when compared with many other jurisdictions. On a global basis, the combined efforts of dedicated non-profit and government organizations have resulted in a number of top-tier initiatives at the forefront of financial literacy education. As a jurisdiction, we’ve taken some good first steps. MORE
