INFORMATION RESOURCES
Includes OCAD University handouts and links, external websites, online tools and mobile apps!
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Financial Education
Planning
Saving
Spending
Borrowing
Protecting Your Money
Taxes
Other
Financial Education
- CREATiveFund$ (OCAD U financial webpage for students by students and Financial Aid & Awards)
- Do What You Love: Financial Planning for Artists & Designers (OCAD U Financial Aid & Awards)
- New! Money Matters Information Sessions for students and parents (OCAD U)
- Money Matters podcast (OCAD U video, must have iTunes to view)
- The Financial Guide for Post Secondary Students (.pdf, Industry Canada)
- The Money Belt (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada)
- It's Your Money, So Make it Your Business (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)
- Sweet Financial Tools and Advice That Fit Your Life (Smart Cookies)
- Personal Finance (Practical Money Skills for Life)
- Your Money (Canadian Bankers Association)
- Education Savings for Your Child (for parents, CanLearn)
Planning
Goal-Setting
- Planning for Post Secondary Education (CanLearn)
- Goal Calculator (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)
- Saving for a Goal (Practical Money Skills for Life)
- Financial Planning for Students (Debt Free Forever)
- My Financial Plan module (see The City: A Financial Life Skills Resource)
- Career Planning (see Career Services)
Budgeting
- Making a Budget and Sticking to It (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, available at Financial Aid & Awards)
- Budgeting in 5 Steps (Financial Aid & Awards)
- Budgeting worksheets (Excel 97, Financial Aid & Awards)
- Budgeting worksheets (handout version, Financial Aid & Awards)
- Student Budget (Industry Canada)
- Managing Your Money for School (budget worksheets, Debt Free Forever)
- Budget Journal (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)
- Determining Your Expenses (OCAD U)
- Budgeting Tips (OCAD U)
- Mobile Checkbook (Blackberry app)
- Budget (iPhone app)
- Ace Budget (iPhone app)
Sources of Money
- OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program)
- Scholarships and Awards (OCAD U)
- Bursaries (OCAD U)
- Employment (Work-Study program and OCAD U job board)
- Bank-Funded Loans
Saving
- Saving Money (Investor Education Fund)
- 118 Ways to Save Money in College (CollegeScholarships.org)
- Save a Million Calculator (Practical Money Skills for Life)
- Emergency Fund (Practical Money Skills for Life)
- How Will My Savings Grow (Practical Money Skills for Life)
Spending
- Consumer Information (Industry Canada)
- Student Discounts (OCAD)
- Expense Tracker (iPhone app)
- Pageonce Bills (iPhone app)
Borrowing
Loans
- Student Financial Assistance Estimator (CanLearn)
- How Much Debt Can You Afford? (Debt Free Forever)
- Taking Charge of Your Debts (Industry Canada)
- EZ Loan Calculator (iPhone app)
Credit Cards
- Credit Card Interactive Tool (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada)
Credit Rating
Credit Calculators
- It's Your Money: Calculators (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)
Debt
- Debt Free Forever (Gail Vaz-Oxlade)
- Financial Blog for Students (Debt Free Forever)
- How to Manage Student Debt (video, Investor Education Fund)
- 10 Tips to Beat Debt (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada)
- Repayment Calculator (Smart Cookies)
- Debt Free Graduate
- Loan Repayment Calculator (CanLearn)
- Office of Consumer Affairs
- Credit Counselling Service of Metro Toronto
Protecting Your Money
Security
- Types of Scams (Phonebusters)
- Fraud Prevention Forum (Competition Bureau)
- Protect Your PIN (Interac)
Financial Consulting
- Financial Aid & Awards Office (OCAD U)
- CanLearn's Online Counsellor (CanLearn)
- Getting Advice (Investor Education Fund)
Taxes
- CRA (Canada Revenue Agency)
- Tax Information Sessions (posted when available, OCAD U)
Other
- AUCC (Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada)
- Canada Council (scholarships, research and art grants)
- Toronto Arts Council
- Ontario Arts Council
Last Modified:1/24/2012 12:57:31 PM
