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 magazine, a publication produced for an audience of small and medium sized enterprises. McGill’s Personal Finance Essentials course is one of them. The free course is a collaboration between the university, RBC and the Globe and Mail, and is to help Canadians of all ages enhance their knowledge.
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Published on: 8 Nov 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 Desautels. The McGill Personal Finance Essentials course is a good place to start, Croitoru told CTV News Edmonton.
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Published on: 6 Oct 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’ Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Benjamin Croitoru spoke with The Just Word podcast about how the course fills an unmet need.
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Published on: 28 Sep 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 designed to help youth prepare for the future. As part of this effort, RBC Future Launch has teamed up with McGill and The Globe and Mail to offer McGill Personal Finance Essentials, a free online course that’s open to all and designed to help Canadians of all ages enhance their financial literacy.
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Published on: 28 Sep 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 that’s free, self-paced, and open to everyone. It teaches real-life money management skills like budgeting, saving, debt, borrowing, and real estate. Delivered in collaboration with RBC Future Launch and The Globe and Mail, McGill Personal Finance Essentials is a non-credit course that offers the public the opportunity to learn from some of McGill’s top professors.
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Published on: 31 Aug 2022
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 Mail. From budgeting to borrowing, real estate and beyond, invest a few hours in this free, online course and you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to make a lifetime of smart financial decisions. Taught by professors from McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management, the course is open to everyone. Registration is open now, so don’t miss out!
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Published on: 5 Nov 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 to invest, and how to navigate the ever-evolving real estate market. Paul Delean, a financial columnist at the Montreal Gazette, praises the course for its accessibility and clear teaching.
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Published on: 15 Jul 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 Institute, to discuss the state of personal finances in Canada.
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Published on: 11 Jun 2021
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.
“Everyone deserves the feeling of financial security that you can get with a little bit of knowledge that makes it easier to make the right decisions,” Professor Croitoru comments.
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Published on: 10 Sep 2020
The Vauxhall Advance outlines ways to develop a solid financial plan, maintain a healthy financial life, and reach financial goals, featuring the free online McGill Personal Finance Essentials course as an accessible means of becoming financially literate.
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Published on: 28 Aug 2020
The Desautels Faculty of Management recently joined forces with RBC Future Launch and The Globe & Mail to deliver the free, online McGill Personal Finance Essentials course. Philip Fine from the McGill News sits down with Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Professor Benjamin Croitoru, and Caroline Paxton (BCom’93) from RBC to share how they worked together to tackle concerns around financial literacy.
Published on: 20 Dec 2019
For many people, understanding the intricacies of personal finances remains a mystery, made evident by the statistics that reveal that more than 35 per cent of Canadians are not saving for retirement.
Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou joins The Elias Makos Show on CJAD 800 to chat about the Desautels Faculty of Management’s endeavour to give control back to everyday Canadians through the delivery of the McGill Personal Finance Essentials course.
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Published on: 11 Nov 2019
In an interview with CTV News, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou comments on gaps in financial literacy education, and how the new McGill Personal Finance Essentials course is set to inform everyday Canadians on how to better manage their money.
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Published on: 5 Nov 2019
In an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou and Neil McLaughlin, Group Head of Personal and Commercial Banking at Royal Bank of Canada, highlight the growing importance of personal finance management and how education initiatives can support this.
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Published on: 1 Nov 2019
The McGill Personal Finance Essentials free online course will empower Canadians to have a better relationship with their finances
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Published on: 1 Nov 2019
