Mr. Brian Smith, Project Coordinator from the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de Côte-des-Neiges, a community charitable organization in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that assist youth with employment, was awarded with the Excellence In Financial Literacy Education Award – Educator, presented by the Institute of Financial Literacy. The presentation was made at their Annual Conference on Financial Education held in Orlando, Florida.

1. April
2nd,
2013
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
MonnaieMoney
Coordinator
Earns
Excellence
In
Financial
Literacy
Education
Award
Mr.
Brian
Smith,
Project
Coordinator
from
the
Carrefour
jeunesse-­‐emploi
de
Côte-­‐des-­‐Neiges,
a
community
charitable
organization
in
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada
that
assists
youth
with
employment,
was
awarded
with
the
Excellence
In
Financial
Literacy
Education
Award
–
Educator,
presented
by
the
Institute
of
Financial
Literacy.
The
presentation
was
made
at
their
Annual
Conference
on
Financial
Education
held
in
Orlando,
Florida.
Brian
Smith
coordinates
the
Monnaie-­‐Money
Financial
Literacy
Project
which
provides
training
and
education
for
youth
in
the
Greater
Montreal
area.
Mr.
Smith
is
very
passionate
about
improving
the
Financial
Literacy
skills
of
low
income
Montrealers,
so
as
to
assist
them
to
break
from
the
vicious
cycle
of
poverty
and
exclusion.
With
over
15
years
of
community
building
experience,
Mr.
Smith
is
very
honoured
to
be
recognized
by
his
peers
in
the
financial
literacy
field.
National
Financial
Literacy
Month
is
recognized
in
the
United
States
in
April
in
an
effort
to
highlight
the
importance
of
financial
literacy
and
teach
Americans
how
to
establish
and
maintain
healthy
financial
habits.
Mr.
Brian
Smith
is
available
for
speaking
engagements
and
motivational
speaking.
He
can
be
contacted
via
email
at
brian.smith@monnaiemoney.com
or
on
LinkedIn
at
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/brian-­‐
smith/19/37b/977
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