Episode 56 - Talking Community Literacy & Financial Health with PennyDrops & Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders

Welcome to Season 9 Episode 4 of What's Literacy Got To Do With It? by Literacy Quebec!

In today's episode, Jaimie catches up with Trevor Donovan, Chief Growth Officer, National Team from PennyDrops, a student-run organization to talk about their mission of helping Canadian youth make informed decisions with their finances; "PennyDrops is paving the way to financial freedom for students coast to coast". In a time when the cost of living is only going up, what's better than to learn financial decision-making tips and learn about what is financial health!

Next, we travel out to the Magdalen Islands and are joined by Helena Burke the Executive Director for CAMI (Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders) to learn about unique literacy issues Islanders face and the work CAMI does on a day to day basis in the community to support people young and old with their literacy needs. It's organizations like CAMI that people rely on to live a fully engaged life!

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• Check out PennyDrops to sign up for one of their programs!
• CAMI (Council for Anglophone Islanders) for all the resources and programs they can offer Canadian students and Magdalen Islanders (and even you if you decide to move to the Magdalen Islands after hearing our podcast!)
• Jump onto www.literacyquebec.org for events and to find what literacy services our members can offer you or someone you know.

What's Literacy Got To Do With It? is a community-based podcast for English-speaking, lifelong literacy learners in Quebec. Our hosts, Chris Shee and Jaimie Cudmore from Literacy Quebec, explore community building, lifelong curiosity, and multiple types of literacy. It's incredible what we can learn from each other. Subscribe, share our podcast, and write to us at admin@literacyquebec.org, call us at 514-508-6805. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for videos of interviews and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @LiteracyQuebec Special thanks: Podcast Theme Music by Gerry Legault and LQ's team including Margo Legault and Laura Thompson for their support.