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Education plays a major role in breaking cyclical poverty. We spoke with two Wealthsimple employees who have devoted themselves to helping families access and save for school.
Fund seeks to finance early-stage ventures with high growth potential
Fund seeks to finance early-stage ventures with high growth potential
April 8th, 2021 comments Don’t miss out! Hundreds of career opportunities at this year’s Fair, in addition to education and settlement information, and the speakers’ series. Looking for information and inspiration in the areas of work, education, immigration and settlement during this pandemic? Following the high level of interest and engagement in our 2020 Virtual Fairs, Canadian Immigrant, the largest National multi-media platform for newcomers and immigrants, is back with two free, live virtual full day events on April 15 and 29, 2021, finding innovative ...
February 9th, 2021 comments Toronto-based Leen Li is the newly appointed CEO of Wealthsimple Foundation, an initiative of financial services company, Wealthsimple, that helps children save for post-secondary education. Li has come a long way from her childhood home in a small, rural, coal-mining town in northeast China. Born as the fifth child in a family with four daughters, Li’s parents and the rest of the small town she came from were convinced that this time the child would be a boy. So much so that Li’s parents picked a boy’s name – “Yong” – whi...