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31 May 2021
Submitted by the EBO Centre Français   In 2020 the EBO Centre tested a "Financial Empowerment Budget Coaching Program" with a “vitamin-effect” component (financial incentive). It was based on EBO's budget counselling model for socially and economically vulnerable people developed using over 40 years of practice.    Workin...
28 May 2021
Recover and Rebuild:  Helping Canadians build financial security during the pandemic and beyond     Connect with frontline practitioners in our spring series as we share knowledge, tools and resources and to learn what organizations are doing to meet the needs and demands of struggling Canadians in these unprecedented times. Our fall series will offer pane...
28 May 2021
Edmonton launches their integrated financial empowerment program   The City of Edmonton (with support from Prosper Canada) launched their integrated financial empowerment program on January 6, 2021. Since then, City of Edmonton social workers have been connecting with residents who live on a low income, helping them navigate difficult financial challenges, and refer...
28 May 2021
The Government of Canada has launched two calls for proposals for multi-year projects to support vulnerable communities across Canada.    The funding calls support projects that focus on the following objectives:   Financial Empowerment for low income people: Develop and carry out financial empowerment services and supports to help increase the f...
28 May 2021
Seymour Consulting is a collaborative partner of Prosper Canada. It is a Canadian consulting firm and social enterprise working to help improve the financial resilience and well-being of all Canadians, including in particular more financially vulnerable populations.    Check out this E-brief around how more financially vulnerable Canadians are most challenged b...
16 April 2021
Benefits Canada Magazine // With many employees struggling with finances since the coronavirus pandemic started last March, two experts, Elizabeth Mullholland, CEO of Prosper Canada and Joe Nunes, co-founder and executive chairman of Actuarial Solutions Inc., weigh in on the viability of offering a workplace emergency savings benefit.Read
31 March 2021
The Toronto Star // Advocates for low-income Canadians say the government needs to invest in community financial help services, or risk leaving hundreds of thousands of Canadians out of the COVID-19 recovery.   Elizabeth Mulholland, CEO of charity Prosper Canada, said the COVID-19 pandemic has made life harder, riskier and more expensive for low-income Canadians.R...
24 March 2021
Submitted by ACEF du Nord de Montréal  Français Do you know how your credit report affects your life and your ability to meet some of your basic needs, such as obtaining housing, a job or even insurance? Originally, credit reports were used by banks and other lenders to check your ability to repay credit. Today, the reasons for its use have exploded. Landlords, e...
24 March 2021
Since the onset of the pandemic we have seen an extraordinary increase in liquid savings. As a society our spending and saving habits have changed significantly.  In Canada alone, the savings rate in the first half of 2020 increased to 28.2 per cent, up from 3.6 per cent before the pandemic. This behaviour points to our need to be “financially secure”. Ye...
24 March 2021
The Common Good Plan has finally launched, offering not-for-profit employers across Canada the opportunity to provide an easy-to-use, low-cost retirement plan to their workers. The Steering Committee behind this initiative is calling on organizations to invest in their employees' financial wellness, at a time when they need it most. Check out The Philanthropist piece by...
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