McGill Personal Finance Essentials course can help youth learn to manage money

Published: 8 November 2022

Young Canadians are more engaged in their finances than they are sometimes given credit for. And there are things that parents can do to help them learn to manage their money, writes Canadian SME...

It is never too early to take learn the basics of investing

Published: 6 October 2022

Everyone should have basic financial knowledge, even if they have not yet accumulated much wealth, according to Benjamin Croitoru, Finance Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at...

Personal Financial Essentials course teaches key investment concepts concisely

Published: 28 September 2022

Personal finances should be important to everyone, and over the past three years, more than 200,000 people have signed up for McGill’s free Personal Financial Essentials online course. Desautels’...

RBC, McGill and The Globe and Mail team up to offer free Personal Financial Essentials course

Published: 28 September 2022

It is never too early to learn good financial habits, according Jamie Sioui, the vice president at Digital Channel Management at RBC. The bank is implementing a suite of initiatives that are...

McGill Personal Finance Essentials teaches money management skills

Published: 31 August 2022

Ever wanted to know the difference between the tax implications of a TFSA and a RRSP, but were too afraid to ask? The McGill Personal Finance Essentials teaches that and more. It’s an online course...

Financial Literacy Month

Published: 5 November 2021

Did you know November is Financial Literacy Month? Sharpen your personal finance skills with McGill’s Personal Finance Essentials course in collaboration with RBC Future Launch and The Globe and...

McGill’s Personal Finance Essentials course garners accolades

Published: 15 July 2021

In collaboration with RBC Future Launch and The Globe and Mail, McGill's Personal Finance Essentials course offers a primer on the nuts and bolts of personal finance, including how to budget, where...

Financial Literacy in Canada: Insights from Teaching and Research

Published: 11 June 2021

McGill Personal Finance Essentials Director and Desautels Associate Professor Benjamin Croitoru recently sat down with Pierre-Carl Michaud, Director of HEC Montreal’s Retirement and Savings...

The importance of financial literacy

Published: 10 September 2020

Professor Benjamin Croitoru talks to iHeartRadio about the importance of financial literacy and how the McGill Personal Finance Essentials course makes financial education accessible to all....

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