Anishinabek Employment and Training Services educates on financial abuse prevention and online safety – Anishinabek News

March 27, 2024

THUNDER BAY — Anishinabek Employment and Training Services (AETS) focused on Financial Abuse Prevention and Be Safe Online workshops during a March 19 Elders Gathering at the Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel and Conference Centre in Thunder Bay.

“There are scammers, unfortunately, out there in society and sometimes these scammers will focus on those that are vulnerable or they don’t have literacy as it relates to finances or being safe online,” says John DeGiacomo, executive director at AETS. “So, like our other training programs, we try to empower those that are taking our training and this recent event helped Elders understand more about how to surf the internet safely and not be taken in by scammers or those that are trying to financially abuse them.”

DeGiacomo says they partnered with the Thunder Bay Literacy Group, which provided the workshop to the Elders.

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