On Monday, (Canadian Thanksgiving) I received a pleasant surprise in my inbox!

🏆I learned that The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life (US Edition) won the NYC Big Book Award, Distinguished Favorite, in the Personal Finance category!

📚The NYC Big Book Award celebrates excellence across the publishing world, with both independent authors and major publishers competing on an even playing field.

✍This award speaks to the hard work that went into creating a US Edition of The Wisest Investment. I couldn’t have done it without the amazing research and editing skills of Lauren Robilliard, professional editing of Erik Leijon, and technical support and art direction from Jessica Albert.

🦃I am so grateful for the recognition this award brings. My hope is that more parents, grandparents, educators and financial advisors have a resource to help them make The Wisest Investment.

🙏Thank you to Gabrielle Olczak, the NYC Big Book Award judges, and everyone who has supported this book along the way!

Media Corner

As I teased last month, I was the second guest on The Wealthy Barber’s new podcast. David Chilton is the OG of personal finance in Canada so it was a big deal! He’s also very funny and we laughed a lot during the interview. You can watch it on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. I hope to be a return guest, so keep tuning in!

• What do students need to know before getting their first credit card? What mistakes can we help them avoid? I share my thoughts in this article in the Canadian Press called Not Free Money.
• Are you looking for a personal finance podcast by youth for youth? Check out this episode of The Walrus Lab called Financial Literacy 101. I was interviewed, along with Dr. Michael Roberts, academic director for Wharton Global Youth’s essentials of finance program, about practical and empowering strategies to take control of your finances.
• I enjoyed my conversation with Tamara and Marciane, the hosts of the Healthy Habits, Happy Homes podcast from the University of Guelph. This one got a bit personal!
• Rob Carrick, Personal Finance Columnist at The Globe and Mail, recently wrote an article about topics that he and his readers would like to see covered in a high school finance club. I was very pleased to see that I cover almost all of these topics in The Wisest Investment, my interviews and my keynote speeches.