MyMoneyCoach: This website presents excellent information for students to learn about various types of debt:
- Student Loan Budgeting and Money Management - Practical Tips for Post-Secondary Students: Money Management Strategies -- * Develop a workable budget that also gives you a little money for fun… yes, fun! * If you are using student loans or have enough money saved to get you through, set it all aside in a separate savings account.
- Tips for Paying Off Credit Card Debt: Here are some practical ways you can quickly tackle your credit card debt and take your first real steps toward getting out of debt: * Put your credit cards away until you have completely paid off the outstanding balances.
- Create a Budget to Get Out of Bad Debt - Shed Your Debt Weight: Did you make any resolutions this year? Many people plan to shed the extra pounds that are dragging them down – but does that include weight from your bad debt? It’s amazing how heavy a maxed out credit card can feel!
- How to Get Out of Debt and Keep it that Way: Debt solutions and strategies to get out of debt can vary for everyone, however, the sooner someone is able to deal with their debt, the more options they generally have available to them.

Choose from the suggested activities below to find activities to help your students meet the outcome for this module from the Saskatchewan Financial Literacy 20/30 curriculum, Module 26B: Handling Debt Problems, Outcome: Examine the processes of and alternatives to personal bankruptcy in Saskatchewan. All resources for this module’s activities can be found on saskmoney.ca or within this Resource Bank.