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Thursday, November 3, 2011 | Breakfast Keynote
Dan Iannicola, Jr.
The Financial Literacy Group
Postsecondary Education and Financial Literacy: Trends, Truths and Tips
Summary | Video (402 MB)
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Session 1A | Financial Literacy:
The Broader Story
Researchers on what we know, are learning and still need to find out about financial literacy
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Session 1B | Low-Income Students:
What the Data Say
Exploring the issues (and data) that are unique to youth from low-income families
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Sandra J. Huston
Texas Tech University
Financial Literacy: The Broader Story |
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Ross Finnie
University of Ottawa
Participation in PSE: The (Non-) Role of Family Income |
Jennifer Robson
Carleton University
Financial literacy in Canada and financial literacy on PSE: Trends in demand and supply |
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Abigail Payne
McMaster University
Low Income Students: What the Data Say
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Marc Frenette
Social Research and Development Corporation
Financial Literacy of Low-Income Students: Literature Review
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Sandy Hudson
Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario
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Session 2A | Changing Attitudes about PSE
Interventions that could improve postsecondary participation
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Session 2B | Student Perceptions of Financing PSE
Survey reconnaissance: Loan aversion, low awareness and other menacing challenges
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Reuben Ford
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
Acting Earlier in High School to Increase Access to Post-secondary Education: Changing Career Information and Student Aid |
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Miriam Kramer
Canadian Education Project, Higher Education Strategy Associates
Failing Grade: Financial Aid Literacy of Canadian University Students
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Philip Oreopoulos
University of Toronto
Changing Attitudes about PSE through Personal Assistance and Simplification
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Jean-Pierre Voyer
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
Willingness to pay for PSE?
Using a high-stakes laboratory experiment to investigate the importance of price sensitivity and loan aversion |
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Suzanne Tyson
Studentawards Inc.
Studentawards Inc.
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Lunch Keynote
David Hughes
Pathways to Education Canada
Summary | Video (313 MB)
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Session 3A | Student Assistance as a Tool for Low-Income Students
An in-the-trenches look at financial aid
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Session 3B | Using Curriculum to Foster Financial Literacy
Financial literacy programs on the ground in the classroom
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Noah Morris
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Student Assistance as a Tool for Low-Income Students
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Tom Hamza
Investor Education Fund
Financial Education in Ontario Schools- Opportunities and Challenges
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Shelley Clayton
Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
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Zenobia Omarali
Toronto District School Board
Using Curriculum to Foster Financial Literacy
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Sam Andrey
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
Next Steps for Student Financial Assistance
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Bill Schoenhardt
York Region District School Board
Using Curriculum to Foster Financial Literacy
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Friday, November 4, 2011 | Breakfast Keynote
Dilip Soman
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Behavioural Economics and Social Well-Being
Summary | Video (392 MB)
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Session 4A | Saving for PSE: Raising Awareness
Growing success for two grassroots programs
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Session 4B | Innovative Interventions for Increasing Financial Literacy
Financial literacy fitness: North American examples
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May Wong
Omega Foundation
SmartSAVER |
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Sandra J. Huston
Texas Tech University
Red to Black |
Fairy Wong
Career Trek
Saving for PSE: Raising Awareness |
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Lisa Chambers
University of Toronto
The Financial Literacy Animator Project |
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Kristan Venegas
University of Southern California
Innovative Interventions for Increasing Financial Literacy
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Session 5 | Where to from Here?
Jolt thinking from outside the postsecondary sector
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Mike d'Abramo
Fresh Squeezed Ideas
Thoughts from an Outsider |
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Andrew Potter
Ottawa Citizen
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Adding It All Up
Alison Griffiths, Financial journalist, author, broadcaster
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| Recommendations from Breakout Group Discussions |