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Financial Basics - a financial literacy workshop

Author: Investor Education Fund
Date: 11/20/2011

Money management lessons for life

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Are you interested in offering a financial literacy workshop in your post-secondary educational institution or community organization to help young adults achieve financial freedom?

Financial Basics is a financial workshop to help young adults learn about budgeting, saving, credit, investing, fraud prevention and financial planning. Financial Basics was developed by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and the Investor Education Fund, in collaboration with Ellen Roseman, financial author and journalist.

"I was very impressed by the Financial Basics workshop I attended. The Participants’ Handbook is very informative and provides a lot of useful information." Workshop participant.

Take a look at our Financial Basics workshop discussion page, a space for all attendees of the workshops to share their thoughts, concerns and learned lessons.

The workshop materials are available in both English and French and the Financial Basics workshop delivery kit includes the following free resources: 

Piggy bank with glassesFor more information about Financial Basics program or to order the workshop materials, visit the FCAC's Financial Basics page. 

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