POSTING: RESEARCH ASSISTANT - (PART-TIME CONTRACT UP TO 540 HOURS OCTOBER 2023 – MAY 2024)

As Canada’s leading champion of financial empowerment, we work with government, business and community partners to develop and promote financial policies, programs and resources that transform lives and foster the prosperity of all Canadians. [...] Embedded Financial Coaching Through establishing partnerships with organizations to improve the access and delivery of financial coaching services, the Financial Coaching and Capability pilot aims to provide systematic financial coaching services for low to moderate income Ontarians. [...] Expanding Financial Empowerment Services for Black Canadians Prosper Canada is reaching out to financial empowerment organizations and networks and Black-led, Black-serving and Black-focused (B3) organizations to listen and learn about existing approach to serving the financial empowerment needs of Black Canadians and explore the unique financial empowerment needs and barriers of Black Canadians. [...] We hope to co-create with interested B3 organizations and financial empowerment organizations and networks, ways to collectively deepen and expand our abilities to effectively meet the identified financial empowerment needs of Black Canadians. [...] Your personal experience of living on a low income, being a newcomer, or living with a disability and the insights and perspectives this would bring to your work Your understanding of the concepts of institutional and structural racism and bias and their impact on underserved and under-represented communities.