Casey Cosgrove

Remarks: Financial Literacy Empowerment

Casey Cosgrove is Director of the Canadian Centre for Financial Literacy, a division of Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) - a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding innovative solutions to assist Canada’s low-income earners reach their economic potential.

His current duties include leading the Canadian Centre for Financial Literacy, a first of its kind in Canada.   A milestone in the nation’s financial literacy, the CCFL was launched in November, 2008, and will be a hub of forward-thinking ideas and action for government, private and citizen sector organizations.

Cosgrove joined SEDI in 1996 and has worked extensively low-income earners in initiatives that help them build their entrepreneurial skills and take control of their personal finances through financial education.  Passionate about youth-related issues, Casey has developed a series of national initiatives, guides and videos that talk frankly to young people about why financial education matters. He has provided capacity building to hundreds of nonprofits across Canada, helping them integrate financial literacy into their day-to-day services.

Cosgrove also teaches Leadership in the Faculty of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada.


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Financial Literacy Empowerment