Anna* was surprised by what she found when she started digging into the less obvious details of her finances. Anna is a professional who works with financial information all day long. Both she and her spouse have great salaries, they don’t have any debt beyond their mortgage, and they have a sizable chunk of change […]
Why I told middle school students to fail more often
My daughter’s middle school recently invited me to address the students during their Me to We Day event. I was asked to speak on overcoming hardship and financial literacy. This is what I told them: “Today, I’m going to share with you a story about overcoming tragedy – it’s my own story – and two […]
Dear Former Prime Minister, Here's what I do for women and why I do it.
A long time ago, I bought a laminated place mat of the Prime Ministers of Canada, figuring that it might be more fun for my kids to pick up bits of Canadian history over breakfast than learning them by rote at school. My oldest daughter, nearly 13 now, ignored it until Justin Trudeau made it […]
