Ellen Roseman
Toronto Star columnist on Consumer Affairs, Personal Finance Author & Speaker
Ellen Roseman is a journalist who sticks up for ordinary Canadians. She's been advocating for consumer rights for the past 35 years. She is also a personal finance and consumer affairs columnist with the Toronto Star’s business section and a former columnist and associate managing editor of The Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail. She also is a business commentator for CBC Radio. Her books, Money 101: Every Canadian’s Guide to Personal Finance, and Money 201: More Personal Finance Advice for Every Canadian, are based on a series she did in the Toronto Star. +
The columns, which have now morphed into Money 911, are an easy-to-understand introduction to personal finance for those of us who are short of time and money. She is also the author of Fight Back: 81 Ways to Help You Save Money and Protect Yourself from Corporate Trickery.
When you hear about consumer issues in Canada, you can’t avoid finding references to Ellen Roseman. She’s become a brand name for activism and a champion at helping consumers fight back against injustices. People praise her direct, down to earth and common sense writing style.
Ellen’s personal finance and consumer columns appear in the Toronto Star’s business section on Wednesday, Saturday and Monday.
She was the Star’s business editor for two years (1997-1998). Before that, she was with the Globe and Mail as a columnist and associate managing editor of the Report on Business.
Her books, Money 101: Every Canadian’s Guide to Personal Finance, and Money 201: More Personal Finance Advice for Every Canadian, are an easy-to-understand introduction to personal finance for those of us who are short of time and money.
She’s the author of four other books, Ellen Roseman’s Money Guide for Modern Families, Canadian Parent’s Sourcebook, Canadian Consumers’ Survival Book and Consumer, Beware!
Her latest book, published in December 2012, is: Fight Back: 81 Ways to Help You Save Money and Protect Yourself from Corporate Trickery.
She’s been teaching courses in investing and personal finance at the University of Toronto’s continuing studies department since 2004. She also does Financial Basics workshops at Ryerson University.
Ellen is on the board of FAIR (Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights) and Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO). --
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