<b>BOLD IDEAS!: <i>"A Conversation with the Financial Wellness Team</i></b>

BOLD IDEAS!: "A Conversation with the Financial Wellness Team - Wed, June 16, 2021 @ 4:00-5:30pm

CALUMET AND STONG COLLEGES invite you to attend BOLD IDEAS!:

Bold Ideas serves as a platform for citizens, activists and leaders to share their personal, career and life experiences and challenges with the community, and how they negotiated their life paths around these challenges. Non-conformists are welcome.

We believe in the power of ideas, actions and experiences. We believe that humans are catalysts for a better world. We believe each experience is unique and can elevate the consciousness of others.

Bold Ideas is where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. It is where extraordinary people share extraordinary ideas that challenge our perspectives of what is possible, what is not possible and what is certain.

Please join us at our upcoming Bold Ideas session:

Session Title: "Financial Wellbeing Matters: Peer-led Curriculum Design"

Presenter: Simi Sahota, Nicholas Cheng, Jennifer Diep, Dema Talib, Kooshan Mazloomi, Kaye Canoy, Farwa Arshad, Agata Stypka, Mazen Hamadeh, Jennine Rawana, Maria Palermo, Hari Pillai  

Session Summary: The Financial Wellness project inspired a shared vision among student volunteers, staff and faculty.  Join members of the team as they reflect on their experiences being involved in a Community-University partnership in a virtual environment. Team members will share how this project has impacted their leadership journey, creativity process and professional development and the challenges they experienced and hopes for the future.   

This group of panelists will also share lessons learned on the process of creating animations, virtual team building, peer led leadership, sparking creativity, and more! Join the presenters as they share their personal journeys and accomplishments. 

Date/Time: Wed, June 16th @ 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Zoom Meeting ID: 987 7297 0287
Presenters' Bio: A partnership between Emery Collegiate Institute and Calumet and Stong Colleges established a team of student volunteers from York and Emery to bring an idea into reality. A Peer-Led financial wellness project follows three characters aged 18 to 30 who explore and learn about how their individual money attitudes influence their financial behaviours.

Funded by York-TD Community Engagement Centre, this project aims to reduce the financial anxiety experienced by students, parents, and teachers, and aid in a successful post-secondary transition. Together the project team overcame the challenges of forming a new partnership and collaborating on all aspects of this project in an online environment. Being involved in the project was a rich learning experience for students, staff and faculty members and three high-quality animated videos and lesson plans, to be used in the classroom, were produced. The group hopes that the videos and accompanying lesson plans will be presented in other high schools and universities to improve the financial literacy and wellness of students.

Registration is free. Advanced registration is mandatory to get Zoom password.