Financial literacy refers to one's ability to understand financial choices and confidently make decisions about managing one's money. Many of us could benefit from improving our financial skills so that we can make good financial decisions. The Financial Literacy Project focuses on the development of innovative ways to engage youth - as students, as new employees, as young adults; as learners and as teachers - in the collection, compilation, and design of financial information and education appropriate for them.
Our approach privileges the knowledge learners bring to the task of learning about money matters. If we would like to see youth to improve financial literacy skills, we invite the youth to help us design the workshops and evaluations; if students are the primary audience, we engage students as partner-leaders in the exercise.
Current/Recent Projects
Glendon's Brain Boosting workshops - La littératie financière:
- Negotiating cellphone contracts/Contrat de téléphone cellulaire
- Planning an adventure/Planifier une aventure
- Financing your education/Financier vos études
- Making sense of OSAP (under development)
Media Coverage
A collaborative and collegial approach to tackling financial literacy (in English and French) YFile. August 16, 2020
Ottawa’s financial literacy strategy is noble, but it’s not enough Op Ed in Globe and Mail Report on Business, June 23, 2015
Students make recommendations to federal Task Force on Financial Literacy Y-File and Y-Life, July 6, 2010
Presentations and Publications
Spotton Visano, Brenda and Imo Ek-Udofia. "Inclusive financial literacy education for inspiring a critical financial consciousness: an experiment in partnership with marginalised youth." International Journal of Inclusive Education 21.7 (2017): 763-774. DOI:10.1080/13603116.2016.1252430
Ottawa’s financial literacy strategy is noble, but it’s not enough Op Ed in Globe and Mail Report on Business, June 23, 2015
Networking Action for Financial Literacy in Black Creek (PDF) - Presentation to Black Creek Community May 22, 2015
A Hidden Debt Essential: Your Credit Score (PDF) Boss Magazine Spring/Summer 2013, pp110-111
Boss magazine Spring-Summer 2013 (PDF)
Financial Education Resources in the GTA - Compiled by the YUCFP Financial Literacy Group, updated S2012.
