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Today’s news includes information about social mobility through education, and education savings.

Digging your way out of the cash crunch of university costs
Globe and Mail. June 7, 2017.

Made-in-Saskatchewan education initiative gets funding, recognition from Government of Canada
Saskatoon Star Phoenix. June 8, 2017.

Groups push Liberals to boost child benefit to aggressively cut poverty rates
Winnipeg Free Press. June 12, 2017

County Council Asked To Champion Canada Learning Bond
Blackburn News. June 9, 2017

Investing: Start young, even if cash is tight
Globe and Mail. June 9, 2017.

[VIDEO] As SmartSAVER crosses the country, talking about the Canada Learning Bond, we sometimes hear families say that their children won’t need the CLB because government funding will cover the costs of their education. To find out if that’s true, SmartSAVER’s asking current post-secondary students. We started in Nunavut. Listen to what Mary, a student from Iqaluit, has to say.

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Today’s news includes information about social mobility through education, and education savings.

These US States Are Trying to Level the Field for Disadvantaged Students
What It’s Worth. June 2, 2017.

Program gives students university head start
Thunder Bay News Watch. June 2, 2017.

McMaster working with community to help Hamilton youth find pathways to post-secondary education
Daily news. McMaster University. June 5, 2017.

Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN): Hope for First Nations Education
Nation Talk. May 30, 2017.

Special Notice

This month, the Government of Canada has provided the Canada Learning Bond to the one millionth child in a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). To highlight this important milestone, as well as promote the benefits of using RESPs to save for postsecondary education, the Department will be making use of its social media platforms in the coming weeks to help raise awareness of the Canada Learning Bond. Below are links to the messages that have been tweeted to date.

EN: https://twitter.com/Jobs_Emplois/status/867807905583685632
FR: https://twitter.com/Jobs_Emplois/status/867807925661822977

We encourage you to share these with your networks.

Pierre Labbée
Manager, Canada Education Savings Program
Employment and Social Development Canada

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Ce mois-ci, le millionième enfant a reçu du gouvernement du Canada, le Bon d’études canadien, dans un régime enregistré d’épargne-études (REEE). Pour souligner cet important jalon et promouvoir les avantages d’utiliser des REEE pour épargner en vue des études postsecondaires, le ministère utilisera ses plate-formes de médias sociaux au cours des prochaines semaines pour aider à mieux faire connaître le Bon d’études canadien. Voici les liens vers les gazouillis qui ont été partagés à ce jour :

EN: https://twitter.com/Jobs_Emplois/status/867807905583685632
FR: https://twitter.com/Jobs_Emplois/status/867807925661822977

Nous vous encourageons à partager ces gazouillis avec vos réseaux.

Pierre Labbée
Gestionnaire, Programme canadien pour l’épargne études
Emploi et Développement Social Canada