Rita Silvan

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Rita is the former editor-in-chief of ELLE Canada magazine. Rita is an investment and lifestyle writer and editor specializing in women and money. She is a Chartered Investment Manager from the Canadian Securities Institute.

You’re Golden

This week, Ontario announced a new math curriculum for the fall term in response to students’ pitiful scores on standardized tests. The changes include...

The Gold Standard: Barbara Stewart

Rita Silvan, editor-in-chief of Golden Girl Finance, speaks with Barbara Stewart, CFA, the author of Rich Thinking, a global research project that challenges outdated...

#Eachforequal—The Real Cost of Women’s Mental Load

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Each for Equal’. Imagine a gender equal world where… Medicines would not be tested exclusively on...

The Gold Standard: Kelley Keehn

Rita Silvan, editor-in-chief of Golden Girl Finance, speaks with author and financial educator Kelley Keehn about her new book, Talk Money to Me.   GGF: Kelley,...

Talk Show—How to Discuss Money with Family

We think about it all the time, but few of us like to talk about it. Of course, I’m referring to money. Whether it’s the...

Pay Me Later…The Case for Defined Pension Plans

Sigmund Freud, the Viennese psychoanalyst, developed the concept of “penis envy”. He purported it to be an early stage in female psychosexual development, when...

Family Plot—How the Rich Handle Money

For those who haven’t tuned in yet, I recommended watching the award-winning tv series Succession. Now in season two and picked up for a...

Home Alone or ‘Golden Girls’ Cohab?

It’s not every day that a person gets to interview someone like Frank Gehry, one of the world’s starchitects—a critically acclaimed architect from Toronto....

The Gold Standard: Leslie McCormick

Rita Silvan, editor-in-chief of Golden Girl Finance, speaks with Leslie McCormick, co-author of Bank on Yourself: Why Every Woman Should Plan Financially to Be...