Community Learning and Engagement

Expanding Consumer Education and Protection for Financially Vulnerable Canadians is a three-year project (2024-2027) led by Prosper Canada to support two key objectives:

Build the capacity of community service providers to deliver financial education and consumer protection services to financially vulnerable Canadians.
Develop and disseminate tailored consumer protection resources for Indigenous audiences in partnership with AFOA Canada, with an emphasis on supporting settlement recipients harmed by discrimination in the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and failure to apply Jordan’s Principle.

In the first year of the project, more than 1100 community partners from over 390 organizations received training in financial literacy, financial empowerment foundations, and providing access to benefits supports. Two bilingual toolkits have been developed: Managing in Tough Times and Guiding Your Journey: A Toolkit for Lump Sum Payments.

This project is generously funded by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) from 2024-2027 and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) from 2024-2025.