Featured Your Credit Card

Students answer questions after watching a funny video about getting a credit card.

Author : Office de la protection du consommateur

Subject : Responsible Consumption, Consumer Rights and Recourses Options, Financial Education

Activity type : Discussion, Quiz, Teamwork, Viewing

Grade : Secondary Cycle 2

Featured Your First Car

Students answer questions about buying a used car.

Author : Office de la protection du consommateur

Subject : Responsible Consumption, Consumer Rights and Recourses Options, Financial Education

Activity type : Discussion, Teamwork, Viewing

Grade : Secondary Cycle 2

Featured Your Cellphone Contract

Students answer questions after watching a funny video about buying a cell phone.

Author : Office de la protection du consommateur

Subject : Responsible Consumption, Consumer Rights and Recourses Options, Financial Education

Activity type : Discussion, Quiz, Teamwork, Viewing

Grade : Secondary Cycle 2

Featured Find the Prohibited Practices

Students are asked to analyze a fictitious circular to identify problematic or prohibited business practices.

Author : Office de la protection du consommateur

Subject : Consumer Rights and Recourses Options, Financial Education

Activity type : Analysis, Observation, Research, Reinvestment

Grade : Secondary Cycle 2

Featured Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

Students will draft a fictitious formal notice after negotiations fail with a merchant.

Author : Office de la protection du consommateur

Subject : Consumer Rights and Recourses Options, Financial Education

Activity type : Discussion, Presentation, Research, Teamwork, Viewing

Grade : Secondary Cycle 2

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Discover the Parent Zone

Do you want to encourage your elementary or high school aged child to become an informed consumer? The Parent Zone offers you activities, video clips and suggestions for discussion to help your child develop critical thinking about consumer issues and know his or her consumer rights.

For secondary 5 Financial Education Program teachers

The Office, the AMF, the CNESST and RQ have worked in partnership to develop teaching activities that cover most of the program's objectives and allow students to develop the competency Takes a position on a financial issue. You can consult these activities in the section on the Financial Education Program.

Videos for Secondary 5 Students (In French only)

The Financial Education Program teachers are invited to show in class the videos: