Financial Literacy

Location & Date

Date: 2024-05-14 - 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Victoria Inn Brandon, 3550 Victoria Ave, Brandon, MB R7B 2R4

Summary

Prerequisite: Representing Our Members
                                                      
Topics include:
• Take control of your finances by learning the seven steps to budgeting
• Myths around credit; the facts around credit reports, credit ratings, and credit scores
• Strategies on how to protect or repair your credit
• Types of financing including secured, unsecured, joint, secondary and short-term/high interest credit
• Leasing versus buying a vehicle and mortgages
• Ways to avoid the most common scams and fraud in Canada
• What to do if you become a victim of identity theft