Resources
Money Management
This all starts with knowing what resources you have and where is it is being spent. Make good decisions and take action proactively regarding your financial situation!
- Always check your credit history (Online credit check — Equifax)
- Make a budget and try to stick to it
- Always plan for an emergency-budget in money for repairs, extra costs, and other unexpected expenses (medical/dental)
- In over your head? Consider credit counseling. Here are some helpful websites:
When in doubt, speak with a financial aid advisor.
Budgeting Tips
- Canlearn
- You Can Deal With It
- Money Management International
- Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
- Chinese Professionals Association of Canada
- There’s Something About Money
Discounts & Savings
- Student Saver Card
- Student Price Card (SPC Card)
- International Student Identity Card (ISIC Card)
- GO Transit
- MiWay (Mississauga Transit)
Awards — Search Engines
Books and other resources
- Debt Free Graduate by Murray Baker (Money$marts Publishing, 1996, 2008 ed.)
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki (1997, 1998 ed.)
- The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman (Three Rivers Press, 1996, 2006 ed.)
- 50 Simple Things you can do to Improve your Personal Finances by Ilyce R. Glink (Three Rivers Press, 2001)
- Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies by Eric Tyson and Tony Martin (Wylie, 2001)
- The Everything Get of Debt Book by Cheryl Kimball and Faye Kathryn Doria (Adams Media, 2002)
- The Ms. Spent Money Guide by Deborah Knuckey (John Wiley & Sons Inc , 2001)
- The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton (Financial Awareness Corp. 1989.)