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Call for Participation – Free Tax Clinics in Ottawa / Appel à participation – Cliniques d’impôts gratuites à Ottawa

English follows : Date de diffusion : 23 janvier 2026 Date limite : 06 Février 2026 Dans le cadre du financement reçu de la Ville d’Ottawa pour la coordination des cliniques d’impôt, le Centre EBO lance un appel à participation à l’intention de toutes les cliniques d’impôts gratuites d’Ottawa, afin de soutenir l’élargissement de l’accès à ces services gratuits et [...]

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe proclaims November 25, 2025 Financial Empowerment Day in Ottawa!

For immediate release November 25, 2025 Contact: Sonia-Sophie Courdeau 613-746-0400, ext. 1016 info@flano-ralfo.ca   Ottawa, ON – Financial literacy can be defined as “having the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make responsible financial decisions” (Task Force on Financial Literacy, 2011). Launched in November 2012, the Financial Literacy Action Network Ottawa (FLANO) brings together a multitude of organizations and individuals from various [...]

GOOD NEWS FOR OTTAWA TAX CLINICS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE! 

The EBO Center is proud to announce that it has received a start-up grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to implement a project aimed at centralizing information on Ottawa's tax clinics. This project, although autonomous, is in direct support of the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy, one of whose priorities is to improve the coordination of tax clinics.   What are the [...]

Prosper Canada calls for federal action to support financially vulnerable Canadians

National charity Prosper Canada is calling on the federal government to invest $85 million over five years to provide free financial help to Canadians who have been the hardest hit by the current affordability crisis. The proposed investment would expand community-delivered financial help services to every region in Canada, helping 1.5 million low- and modest-income Canadians tackle their affordability and [...]

FINANCIAL LITERACY ACTION NETWORK OTTAWA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

PRESS RELEASE December 14, 2022, Ottawa   Born out of a collaborative movement of community organizations and individuals, the Financial Literacy Action Network Ottawa (FLANO) – one of the first in Canada – is celebrating ten years of contributing to the development of financial literacy among vulnerable populations. “It's a huge accomplishment,” says Hélène Ménard, former Director of the EBO [...]

United Way East Ontario honours Community Builders Hélène Menard, Omar Al-Dib, and Kelly MacNaull

On March 24, in collaboration with Apt613, United Way East Ontario recognized six more incredible community builders. You’ll see three below; the three others will be featured here tomorrow. 2001 Community Builder Award Recipient Suzanne Pinel hosted the presentation and helped us surprise these unsuspecting recipients—people who have worked tirelessly to make our communities safer, healthier, and more resilient [...]

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