Publications

This report summarizes research undertaken in response to growing demand from low-income consumers for personalized financial support to help them tackle financial challenges like debt, difficulty accessing benefits, and financial planning for the future.

Prosper Canada responds to the Ontario government’s consultation paper, Key Design Questions ,with five recommendations addressing the need for all seniors to have an income adequate to meet their basic needs and afford them a life of dignity and full social inclusion.

A submission by the Asset Building Learning Exchange (ABLE) in response to the federal government’s consultation on strengthening the financial literacy of designated priority groups. This report provides recommendations to ensure all vulnerable Canadians can access quality, unbiased financial information, education and advice and provides examples and further solutions for overcoming some of the barriers they may face.

A joint submission of the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network , Momentum Calgary, SEED Winnipeg, Social and Prosper Canada, and St. Christopher House in Toronto – five non-profit organizations working to strengthen the financial inclusion and well-being of low-income and vulnerable Canadians.

Financial empowerment is an approach to poverty reduction that focuses on improving the financial security of low-income people. This brief outlines the framework for this approach including proven interventions that are helping low-income people participate and feel included in our financial system.

This brief provides recommendations on the next phase of the Ontario government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. It focuses on the Financial Empowerment approach to improving the financial security of low and modest‐income households.