About Student Life

Student Life: For students by students

Are you attending, or planning to attend, university or college? If you are, you face more financial pressure than any generation before you, thanks to increased enrolment levels and education costs.

Let CIBC relieve some of that stress.

This website was designed to help you achieve your goals and make the most of your university or college experience. It provides "an education about education" - a resource centre with information for students and recent graduates.

We want this information to be truly relevant for the challenges and opportunities facing today's students. That's why we involved current students and recent graduates in choosing the topics and writing the articles.

This site is CIBC's first step toward our ultimate goal of creating a go-to resource for all your student and online banking needs. Check back regularly for new articles, tools and functionality.

We work constantly to improve all of our student services, and are always interested in your feedback. If you have any comments or suggestions, please send us an e-mail.
Contact us

People who helped

The creation of this website involved a number of people inside and outside of CIBC.

Youthography

Youthography Inc. helped CIBC find a team of bright and talented young people to choose the topics and write articles for the website. A consulting company that specializes in youth-market research, Youthography also provides educational work opportunities for young people aged 13-29 years across Canada. You can find out more about Youthography and these work opportunities by visiting their website, youthography.com, and going to the community section.
Visit Youthography site

The Student Life writing team

Nicole Fawcette, 20, is a second-year journalism student at Carleton University. With a love for Canadian literature, she has become a self-published author and small-press advocate. Nicole is the current chair of the Carleton Literature Society and serves as Communications Director for the Ottawa chapter of Frontier College, an organization she has volunteered with as a tutor for two years.

Christa Peters, 25, has a bachelor of arts degree from Bishop's University, and a master of arts in English from the University of Western Ontario. Christa is currently pursuing a freelance writing career out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. With some corporate work experience behind her, Christa has a strong interest in developing strategies to help young people plot rewarding career paths and achieve work/life balance.

Justine Purcell, 26, has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Toronto and recently completed the Online Writing and Information Design program at Centennial College. Justine's work experience began with a cold call to a Maritime publishing company that landed her a freelance job editing sailor's memoirs. This position, and several since, expanded her interest in people, media, and the written word. Today she continues to write and edit for small businesses, charities, and larger corporations.

Ryan Merkley, 25, studied political science at the University of Waterloo. Ryan has worked as a freelance writer and journalist for the past seven years, writing for The Kitchener Record and Cambridge Reporter and serving as editor-in-chief of the Imprint and Echo Weekly newspapers. Ryan currently works for a Toronto social marketing agency and volunteers as the Chief Communications Officer with Engineers Without Borders, an international development charity.