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Write a brief essay. Win up to $5,000. Join the fun with CEWC.

September 22, 2011

A sure way to attract eyeballs in the world of blogging is to tell folks they can win lots of green by entering a fun contest. Get right to the point, too. Put the dollar figure in your blog headline . I knew I had your rapt attention just seconds ago. Here’s the deal. This [...]

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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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Back to school. How would you brand your teenager?

August 23, 2011

A mass migration is about to occur in Canada involving well over two million citizens. Well, teenagers, actually. Call them Millennials, Echo Boomers, or Generation Y if you like. They are 13 to19-year-olds who are preparing to leave the carefree days of summer behind and march back to school. It is a momentous occasion not only [...]

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School’s out children. Time to make some money.

May 17, 2011

In my experience, most university, college and high school students are hungry for full-time work come summer time. It’s not that they’re particularly keen about securing jobs to trim hedges, shampoo poodles, or sling beer, it’s just that they relish the idea of bringing home something besides grades for a change. They want to start [...]

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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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What’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done with my money and what I learned from it?

February 16, 2011

Back in November 2010 Credit Canada hosted our fourth annual Credit Education Week.  As in the past an essay contest was held for high school students.  The theme for the essay contest (as you may be able to guess from the title of this blog) was: What’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done with my money [...]

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CEWC celebrates student essays, including the “Lemonade Debacle of 2001.”

November 19, 2010

It warms my heart to announce that Credit Canada and Capital One – along with other Credit Education Week Canada (CEWC) sponsors and participants – presented scholarships to a bevy of talented high school essayists at this year’s Credit Education Week Canada, which rounded out activities a few nights ago with a terrific Dinner Gala. [...]

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