Students across the province will be able to take financial literacy courses through a digital campus. (Submitted photo/Elizabeth Strom)

By Josh Ryan

Financial Literacy

JA Digital Campus Launches in Saskatchewan

Jun 17, 2020 | 3:54 PM

Students across Saskatchewan will have access to financial literacy courses through a digital campus.

Now until June 30, and starting again in September, Junior Achievement (JA) in Saskatchewan and Innovation Credit Union are offering programs online to educate and inspire youth to explore business and the role money plays in everyday life. This will target students from Grade 3 through 10 in the upcoming school year. Course material will also focus on identifying career options, building budgets and making informed decisions.

“Innovation’s support will allow every student from across Saskatchewan online access to a wide variety of free programs around financial literacy, entrepreneurship and workplace readiness,” JA General Manager Katherine Gagne said in a release.

The launch of the digital campus was sped up in part to help Canadians of all age groups deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Innovation Credit Union is excited to offer the building blocks our members need to create thriving businesses, communities, and families for generations to come,” CEO Daniel Johnson said in a statement.

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In creating the campus ahead of time after the pandemic began in March, Volunteer Coordinator Elizabeth Strom said they created a teacher led version of classes and self-directed classes. More than 200 classrooms across the province signed up once schools shut down.

“Anybody can go in and take the class on their own as they wish and that’s open to anyone at the moment,” Strom said.

In providing the classes online, the programming has far more reach than when they relied on volunteers driving from larger centres. Seeing the response, Strom said they’re looking at expanding in the future, to better serve rural areas.

“Really opens it up for a lot of the communities that wouldn’t normally be able to access that programming,” she said. “Makes it a lot easier.”

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