To highlight Financial Literacy Month, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) will be bringing knowledge from the world of business to the classroom.

Staff-volunteers from IIROC’s Toronto office are teaching Junior Achievement’s Economics for Success financial literacy program on November 28 in Toronto area classrooms. Through the day-long agenda, local Grade 8 students are encouraged to learn the fundamentals of personal finance, especially the link between financial knowledge and personal goals.

“Volunteers from the business community are instrumental to the program’s ability to help young people understand basic financial concepts and learn practical skills that will help them make good financial decisions in everyday life,” said Jane Eisbrenner, president and CEO of Junior Achievement of Central Ontario (JACO).

This is the third consecutive year of IIROC’s participation in the program as part of an ongoing partnership with JACO and other chapters across the country. IIROC staff in Vancouver also expect to participate in the Economics for Success program in that region later this year.

“By supporting Junior Achievement’s Economics for Success program, IIROC is giving students the opportunity to put basic concepts such as saving and budgeting into practice, to help them better manage their finances and make responsible and informed financial decisions in daily life,” said Lucy Becker, IIROC vice president of public affairs,