Ottawa
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Ottawa Tech & Finance Networking Event Lands at NUVO Lounge on August 19
Aug 19SUM OF FIVE is running an evening mixer in the ByWard Market on Wednesday, August 19, and the pitch is narrow on purpose: tech and finance people only. Two hours, one room, and a crowd of professionals who already work in the two sectors most Ottawa business students are trying…
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Learn Passive Income Building With PCBT: A 30-Minute Online Session on August 7
Aug 7📅 Friday, August 7, 2026, 3:00–3:30 p.m. EDT📍 Online🏢 Hosted by Ajay pal If you have ever wanted a plain-language introduction to passive income without committing an evening to it, there is a free-form online session on Friday, August 7 that runs for half an hour. “Learn Passive Income Building…
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Builder Sundays Comes to Shopify Ottawa: Free Sunday Deep-Work Sessions
From $0.00Weekly
Event date: Sundays, 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Shopify Ottawa office, 151 O’Connor St. Ottawa sessions resume August 9, 2026. Free drop-in deep work, open demos at 3:30 and networking until 5 — here is how to get a ticket.
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Building Savings and Wealth: A Saturday Morning Finance Workshop in Ottawa
Aug 15Event date: Saturday, August 15, 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Woodward Drive. A free 90-minute session on saving and long-term wealth building — here is the agenda, the logistics and what to expect.
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Ottawa’s Best Networking Golf Tournament 2026: Sold Out, but the Waiting List Is Open
From $880Aug 18
Event date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at GreyHawk Golf Club. The Board of Trade’s annual tournament has sold out again — here is how the day runs, what it costs, and how students realistically get in.
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Budgeting on a Student Income Without Tracking Every Coffee
Half of Canadians keep a budget, and the ones who do are half as likely to fall behind on payments. A student budget built around the term, not around logging every purchase.
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OSAP, Explained: What Every Ottawa Student Should Know

OSAP is paid as a weekly maximum, $530 for a single student in 2026 to 2027. What the grants add, why the grace period has two different interest rules, and two ways to extend it.
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Your First Credit Card: What to Look for as a Student
A first credit card is free or expensive depending on the grace period rules, not the rewards. The 21 day minimum, why cash advances have no grace period, and a three rule operating plan.
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Day in the Life: A Junior Analyst at an Ottawa Wealth Firm
The first year of an analyst job is mostly maintaining other people models and defending numbers. An hour by hour view, plus what Job Bank says the role formally requires.
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Interview Prep 101: Breaking Into Ottawa’s Finance Scene

Interviewers are resolving one question, not scoring answers. What employers assess, how to build a story bank, and how to answer the pay question with Ottawa wage data.