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CBA Indigenous and Multicultural Scholarship Applications are now open!
ICAN Learn would like to thank the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) ongoing commitment and continued partnership with ICAN to support diversity, by building the representation of Indigenous… Read more »
Leadership Change for ICAN Learn
Sadly we advise that Bernadette Pasco has resigned from the role of Executive Officer at ICAN Learn to commence the next exciting chapter in her career. Bernadette’s contribution… Read more »
Meet our two new Teachers!
Since 2019, ICAN Learn has been working to increase the teacher population for the financial counselling sector. Through the generous sponsorship from EnergyAustralia and CBA, ICAN Learn has… Read more »
Bravehearts: Teaming up with the ADF Financial Consumer Centre
December 2019 saw 12 months of discussion and planning between the ADF Financial Services Consumer Centre and ICAN Learn culminate in a week of intense education immersion for… Read more »
Changes to our E-News
ICAN Learn’s E-News and social media are undergoing some changes in 2020, that we’d love to share with you. We’ve decided to release the ICAN Learn E-News every… Read more »
Professional Mentoring: a must for a resilient profession
The resilience of financial counsellors is enhanced by professional mentoring / supervision. The advent of National Standards a few years ago included the need for a specific focus… Read more »
More Than Money: Sustainable Livelihoods Canada share their holistic vision
ICAN and the Financial Counselling Association of Queensland (FCAQ) hosted Janet Murray, the head of a new Canadian not-for-profit social enterprise, Sustainable Livelihoods Canada (SLC), earlier this month.… Read more »
Success in Victoria
Congratulations to recent graduates of ICAN Learn’s Victorian programs. ICAN learn celebrated the success of students in our Victorian programs with a wonderful lunch on the banks of… Read more »
Counting the Costs
Financial Counselling Victoria (FCVic) released a report earlier this month on financial counsellor stress and work overload. The report entitled, ‘Counting the Costs’, was created in response to consistent… Read more »
Australian Poverty Report Released
The 2020 Poverty in Australia Overview, released today by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney, shows more than one in eight adults and one in… Read more »
Major disasters require major responses
As of the 4th January, 2020, Australia’s bushfire crisis has caused 24 fatalities and the destruction of over 2500 buildings, including over 1300 houses. The estimated $350M+ insurance bill… Read more »
