Financial Literacy Competition Winners

Congratulations to the student winners!

We are excited to publicly announce the results of the May 2026 Financial Literacy Competition. We hosted over 1000 students, almost 70 teachers, and over 60 different schools from Ontario and across Canada. Thank you to the teachers at these schools who made this opportunity possible and the students who took on the challenge! Grades 9 and 10 students competed in our Junior Competition and Grades 11 and 12 students competed in our Senior Competition. Congratulations to all participants!

A special congratulations to our top performer, Arnold Chan (Junior grand prize recipient) for your first-place finish. Arnold received $750 to be put in an RESP for their post-secondary education. We also recognized the top 10 students in each grade level. Each honour roll recipient received a $75 gift card.

Below is our May 2026 Honour Roll:

Grade 9

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Arnold Chan	1 (Top performer)	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante
Shan Hyat	2	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante
n/a	3	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante
n/a	4	David & Mary Thomson CI	Malisa Mashud
Muntasir Mir	5	David & Mary Thomson CI	Malisa Mashud
n/a	6	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante
n/a	7	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante
Sebastian Lee	8	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante
Nathan Maris	9		n/a
Dhruv Rajani	10	St Augustine Catholic High School	George Adorante

Grade 10

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Yomade Okanla	1	St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Secondary School	Matthew Aslett
n/a	1	David & Mary Thomson CI	Malisa Mashud
Aavash Shrestha	1	David & Mary Thomson CI	Malisa Mashud
Lucas Lee	4	Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School	Nathan Shrubsole
Aarav Goel	5	North Toronto Collegiate Institute	Eunice Kim
Asra Nabizada	6	David & Mary Thomson CI	Malisa Mashud
Ashish Ananth	7	Markville Secondary School	Jennifer Wong
Sabin Mansour	8	St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Secondary School	Matthew Aslett
Maryam Alkhafaji	9	Governor Simcoe Secondary School	Michael Shepherd
Zaynab Varachhia	10	Holy Name of Mary CSS	Josie Pontieri

Grade 11

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
n/a	1 (Top performer)		n/a
n/a	2		n/a
Valentina Peresi	2	Metropolitan Preparatory Academy	Ho Kwan Kwan
n/a	4		n/a
n/a	5		n/a
Justin Lu	5	York Mills Collegiate	n/a
Aayan Adeel	7	Milton District High School	n/a
Aaron Vernon	7	Metropolitan Preparatory Academy	Ho Kwan Kwan
n/a	9		n/a
n/a	9		n/a

Grade 12

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
n/a	1		n/a
Ziv Molina	2	St. Jean de Brebeuf	Kala Peric
n/a	2		n/a
Samia Al Mawas	4	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Ibrahim Hamou	5	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Nathan Kurian	6	St. Jean de Brebeuf	Kala Peric
n/a	7	Donald A. Wilson	Kristine Bruynson
n/a	7	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Mohammed Baloch	9	Milton District High School	n/a
Moataz Aboudouma	10	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody

The top performing schools and recipients of $500 for financial literacy resources for the classroom are:

Donald A. Wilson (Teacher: Kristine Bruynson)
Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School (Teacher: Don Thody)

Congratulations to all our participants!