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: https://www.mcgillpersonalfinance.com/
- The Budget Planner has been developed by FCAC and incorporates in part the Budget Calculator Spreadsheet under license from Credit Counselling Society. https://itools-ioutils.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/BP-PB/budget-planner
- 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. https://abcmoneymatters.ca/learners/
Strengthening Consumer Financial Protection
An open letter to Ontario's Minister of Government and Consumer Services regarding fringe financial services.
- Fair Canada (Outlines Scholarship Plans and RESPs)
- CCFL Facilitator Network Map
- The Little Black Book of Scams
- Low Income Retirement Planning in Canada: living in a different world
- Financial Inclusion Inventory
- THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF SCAMS: Your guide to protection against fraud
Trends and Issues
- Read Toronto’s Vital Signs Report 2019/2020 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. https://www.unitedwaygt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The_Opportunity_Equation_Report_FINAL_low-res.pdfhttps://www.unitedwaygt.org/file/2019_OE_fullreport_FINAL.pdf
- TD Bank report: Pervasive and Profound: The Impact of Income Volatility on Canadians. http://td.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=19518&item=135877
- Everybody Banks - A Conversation about Fair Banking for all Canadians
- Symposium Fosters a Conversation About Fair Banking For All Canadians
BCFAN Resources
- BCFAN Responding to Ontario Government on Payday Loan
- BCFAN Submission on Potential Reductions in the Maximum Total Cost of Borrowing a PDL, May 20, 2016
- BCFAN Submission on Strengthening Consumer Financial Protection
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 - Retiring on a low income
- John Stapleton’s website: http://www.openpolicyontario.com
"Ottawa's financial literacy strategy is noble but, it's not enough," Opinion article by Brenda Spotton Visano published in the Globe and Mail in 2015.