1st Place

Danika & Valentina - Ontario

“For the first ever My Money, My Future Canadian Financial Education Challenge, Danika Hindson and Valentina Mounzer from Ottawa, Ontario took home 1st place, along with the top prize of $10,000!

Danika and Valentina were Grade 11 students at an Arts school, and found out about the My Money, My Future Challenge in their Business class. They saw it as a perfect opportunity to to mix their creativity and business skills together, and they did just that, creating their impressive ‘Breadwinner’ board game. Breadwinner is a bakery-themed financial board game targeted to kids aged 8-13, that aims to teach the basics of finance and financial literacy. The game puts the player in the shoes of someone that has inherited a family bakery which is run down and in debt, and it is their duty to fix it.

To do so, the player goes around the board, answering trivia questions and collecting money which helps increase your income as you improve your bakery with assets that help you generate more income and enable you to eliminate debt. Overall, this game has strong financial lessons throughout including the importance of overcoming debt, making smart financial decisions, choosing the right asset, and the importance of saving money for the unknown.

Watch this video from Danika and Valentina, and check out their project by clicking below.