Compiled by the Black Creek Financial Action Network
Personal Finances
- The McGill Personal Finance Essentials course is available in English and French and aims to enhance participants’ knowledge and skills related to their own personal finances:
- The Budget Planner has been developed by FCAC and incorporates in part the Budget Calculator Spreadsheet under license from Credit Counselling Society.
- Money Matters, free, introductory financial literacy program designed for adult learners. If you want to learn on your own there are a number of resources.
Strengthening Consumer Financial Protection
An open letter to Ontario's Minister of Government and Consumer Services regarding fringe financial services.
- Your guide to protection against fraud
Trends and Issues
- Read compiled from current statistics and studies, serving as an ongoing consolidated snapshot of the trends and issues affecting quality of life in our city.
- United Way Great Toronto: The Opportunity Equation Report.
- TD Bank report: Pervasive and Profound: The Impact of Income Volatility on Canadians.
BCFAN Resources
- BCFAN Responding to
- BCFAN Submission on , May 20, 2016
- BCFAN Submission on
BCFAN on Retiring on a Low Income
Black Creek Financial Action Network sponsored a presentation by John Stapleton about Retiring on a Low Income on June 25, 2013. John’s work challenges mainstream thinking about retirement for people on a low income, and has suggestions from a practical as well as policy level to increase financial awareness and planning for seniors.
To find out more about CPP/OAS & Guaranteed Income Supplement see:
- John Stapleton’s presentation -
- John Stapleton’s website:
"Ottawa's financial literacy strategy is noble but, it's not enough," by Brenda Spotton Visano published in the Globe and Mail in 2015.