From the category archives:

Student Loans

Student loans: Lessons in debt.

September 13, 2011

There is the horror story about the 20-something fellow who, after receiving his post graduate degree in psychology, could only find a job as a clerk at a convenience store paying him little more than $1,000 a month. He has a wife and two small children, and the family’s household debt amounts to $80,000, most [...]

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My ham sandwich gave me financial freedom.

February 28, 2011

Being a student at one of Toronto’s finest Universities, I find myself very broke. I also find myself spending more time there then at home. I also don’t have the same class hours each day. Some days I start very early and I’m home mid afternoon. Other days I start in the afternoon and I’m [...]

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Sacrifice -or- What!? I can’t get a Student Loan???

October 1, 2010

July hits. You’re enjoying your Summer. You get a little bored one day and start planning the immediate future. Toss together some figures and plan your expenses for the upcoming school year. As you calculate your weekly costs, you give yourself a pat on the back because you’ve committed to packing your lunch. Fast forward to mid-August [...]

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Here’s your financial tool kit

August 4, 2010

For many of us, it’s not January but September that qualifies as the start of the new year in Canada. Come the end of the Labour Day weekend, there’s a feeling the whole world is getting back into gear. Schoolrooms, boardrooms and businesses come alive; social and cultural events start ramping up; hockey season gets [...]

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