Category: Blog Posts

Our daily blog offers selected news of interest to SmartSAVER’s stakeholders and shines a light on the creative ways that communities are promoting the Canada Learning Bond. Stay up to date, read what others are doing and share your own story.

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#EveryChildAnRESP Mommy Blogger: Inspiring our kids to think about school and career plans

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This post was originally published on CanadianMomEh, October 3, 2016, as part of SmartSAVER’s 2016 #EveryChildAnRESP Back to School campaign. We thank CanadianMomEh for participating and amplifying our education savings message to help us reach more parents.

I remember being in the hospital the day after my daughter was born. The woman in the hospital bed next to me leaned over and asked me if I decided where to start my baby’s RESP (that’s what she did for a living). I looked at her blankly and told her that the thought had not even crossed my mind. Fast forward a decade later and the thought of my children’s RESP’s is front row center in my mind. I’m thankful for services like SmartSAVER’s How to Start Page and the Canada Learning Bond.

Read complete blog post on CanadianMomEh.

 

IN THE NEWS: February 1, 2017

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Today’s news includes articles about upward mobility, and access to education, from various news sources.

Is the American dream easier to achieve in Canada?
MoneySense. January 30, 2017.
America is seen as the land of opportunity. But recent studies show that Canada is actually a better place to achieve the American dream. 

Indspire’s Roberta Jamieson lays out her vision for closing the Indigenous education gap.
University Affairs. February 1, 2017.
Much can be done to better support Indigenous students at all levels, she says…

U Waterloo grad, 25, lives at home to fund student award.
CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo. January 10, 2017.
Michael Robson lives at home with his parents in Scarborough to save money, but it’s not to buy a house – it’s to fund an award to help students at his alma mater, the University of Waterloo.

Launch of New Online Tool to Help Evaluate Financial Literacy Programs in Canada.
Canadian Bankers Association. February 1, 2017.
Prosper Canada, the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) have launched an online tool to help organizations evaluate their financial literacy programs. 

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