Appropriate for adults and teens.
Hosted at Main Branch.
Advanced registration required.
What the heck is inflation? How does credit work? How to save for a senior-year trip? Is investing like gambling? Join author Shannon Lee Simmons for a personal financial literacy talk specifically aimed at tweens, teens, and their parents. Simmons’ talk will be grounded in her new book, Making Bank: Money Skills for Real Life, a judgment-free, young readers’ guide to tracking, saving, spending, enjoying, and growing money.
Shannon Lee Simmons is an award-winning Certified Financial Planner (CFP), speaker, bestselling author of four books, and founder of the New School of Finance. Shannon is widely recognized as a trailblazer in the Canadian financial planning industry. She is a regular contributor for The Globe and Mail and is a personal finance columnist for CBC’s Metro Morning and a financial expert on The Marilyn Denis Show.