What is the RRSP Lifelong Learning Plan?
The RRSP Lifelong Learning Plan is a great way to pay for your post-secondary education if you want to avoid taking out student loans or liquidating other savings. If you…
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My PhD Helped Me Pay Off $60K Of Student Loan Debt
Many people will tell you the best way to avoid debt is to actively choose not to take any debt on. Student loan debt, in particular, is something that burdens…
5 Ways I’m Upgrading My Finances For a New Chapter Of My Life
This April, I finished my undergraduate degree! I didn’t really know what to expect in terms of my post-grad life, but I knew changes were coming. The shift in my…
What Paying $15k Of Student Debt By Freelancing Taught Me About Managing Money
In July 2019, I became debt free after paying over $50,000 from private and federal loans that I took out for my undergraduate degree. A majority of this was paid…
How to Pay Off Student Loans
For many people, their student loans will be the largest debt they ever carry, second only to a mortgage. In Canada, the average university graduate finishes school with $26,000 of…
4 Ways Graduating During A Financial Crisis Changed Me Forever
I never imagined my final semester of my undergraduate degree to end in a global pandemic, endless assignments submitted by e-mail, and a cancelled convocation ceremony, but that’s what I…
The Financial Impact of My Sexual Assault
This is a post by Nikki Tighe. You can find her on Instagram @nikkitighe. I was sexually assaulted when I was 18. It took me awhile to come to terms…
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