financial education


  • The key to being a successful writer

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    The key to being a successful writer

    โ€œI want to be a writer,โ€ mutter thousands of students, all around the world, every day. Itโ€™s a dream job and itโ€™s the thing that a lot of us want the most in the world. Whether itโ€™s as a novelist, journalist, poet or academic, expressing ourselves in words is something that a lot of us…

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  • Unsigned: Teaching financial literacy is a step in the right direction

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    Unsigned: Teaching financial literacy is a step in the right direction

    After a successful petition, the Ontario government is now introducing a pilot project to teach financial literacy to grade 10 students. This is undeniably something that will be applicable to studentsโ€™ lives beyond high school. Currently, the onus is on parents to teach their children about these topics. That can raise a number of issues.…

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