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Recover and Rebuild:  Helping Canadians build financial security during the pandemic and beyond The fall virtual series will take place on:  Wednesday, November 10 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm EDTThursday, November 18 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm EDT Tuesday, November 23 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm EDT This  virtual learning series showcases relevant topics for post-pandemic financia...

“Diversity, equity and inclusion” is a mantra we increasingly hear from business, government and non-profit organizations. If this is our destination, though, how do we know whether we are making steady progress toward our goal? As with any goal, we need to start by defining what success looks like and how we will measure our progress.   When it comes to a...

The Winnipeg Sun // A unique program is offering young Indigenous Manitobans the opportunity to learn important money management skills, while also offering those lessons in a way that can help them to build confidence, and understand more about their own culture and background.Read

Prosper Canada joins other Canadians in condemning the horrific attack in London, Ontario that resulted in the deaths of Salman Afzaal, his wife Madiha Salman, their daughter Jumna, and Salman Afzaal's mother, and the injury of the couple’s 9-year-old son, Fayez – all of whom were attacked because they were Muslims. We encourage governments and law enforcemen...

The pandemic experience is often likened to living through a war. Lives have been tragically lost and many more are still at stake. We are all implicated and affected. We don’t know when or how this will end, but we are tired and yearn for a return to the freedoms and the relative safety we enjoyed before the pandemic.   Wars are also frequently socie...

Submitted by SEED WinnipegSEED Winnipeg, in partnership with the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre and Indigenous Languages of Manitoba Inc., worked together to translate the Money Stories curriculum into Cree, Oji-Cree, and Ojibwe.  Money Stories is a unique, intergenerational money management training program grounded in an Indigenous worldview using a str...

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...

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...

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...

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...