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Presenters: Pierre Labbee, Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Outreach, Canada Education Savings Program, Employment and Social Development Canada and Luke Connell, Executive Director of the Omega foundation

Description: The Canada Learning Bond provides up to $2,000 for eligible youth born in 2004 or later, to help pay for educational costs after high school. Students must open a Registered Education Savings Plan and request the CLB but no contributions are required. Approximately 148,000 youths turning 18 in 2022, will be eligible for an average of $1,300 in unclaimed CLB. Come hear from Employment and Social Development Canada and the Omega Foundation on why students need to learn about this “money on the table”.

Presenters:  Rhonda Turner, Financial Aid Counselor, McGill and Chantal Noël, Coordonnatrice aux bourses d'études chez Université de Montréal

Description: This session will offer a presentation by Chantal Noël, Université de Montréal and Rhonda Turner, McGill University who will present challenges and approaches to managing financial aid for international students, based on a summary from an international student aid assessment working group (Quebec institutions). The presentation will be followed by an open discussion with an aim to develop and share best practices in the assessment process.

Presenter: Simon Boucher-Doddridge, Directeur des programmes d’accessibilité financière aux études et des recours, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur

Description: In this session, Quebec financial aid programs are explained to administrators from other provinces, including a presentation of the different programs, a basis for calculations, eligibility criteria, loan repayment, and more. A discussion and Q&A period will help participants demystify certain aspects of the programs and be better equipped to answer questions from students receiving Quebec financial aid.

Session will be offered in French with some English translation.

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Presenter: Theodora Warrior, Healy Indigenous Financial Empowerment Facilitator, Momentum

Description: The Money Moccasins program is the first of its kind. Facilitated by an Indigenous for an Indigenous audience. The workshop is delivered using my life experience, cultural analogies and knowledge sharing participants resonate with the material.

This program is unique as it is available to all of Treaty 7 and not just Calgary and area. The material has been indigenized and includes elders, previous participants and resource sharing.

By providing a zoom link and being able to deliver in person facilitation, Indigenous participants are changing the financial path they were put on and better equipped with Money Moccasins for their financial wellness journey. By the end of the session, Indigenous and Non Indigenous will have a better understanding of money and its purpose.