OUR VISION
Everyone is empowered to change their money story
OUR MISSION
Making change for the next seven generations
Métis Money Moves was created in 2022 to support individuals and families exiting houselessness with skills to manage new household budgets, reducing recidivism back into houselessness and setting up learners with the tools to build financial stability.
Originally built as a 90-minute 1-1 course, Métis Money Moves grew from a single-session Basics class to its current 10-hour, four-class Advanced cohort format.
Today, Métis Money Moves is available coast-to-coast to individuals, non-profits, and corporate entities in all sectors.
Course facilitation is delivered in-person and/or virtually with direct facilitation from the founder. Rolling out nationally in 2026 is a NEW Facilitator Certification now available for organizations to empower their staff to support their program participants with new financial skills rooted in Indigenous values!
About Us
JoLynn Parenteau (she/her)
onîsohkamâkew | one who provides aid
Meet Our Founder
JoLynn Parenteau (she/her), onîsohkamâkew | one who provides aid,
is a proud Métis daughter and auntie, an accomplished, award-winning storyteller, knowledge keeper, speaker, writer, educator, national homelessness advocate, and founder of the Métis Money Moves Indigenous personal finance course, available nationwide. Her forthcoming non-fiction anthology duology Good Moments: Indigenous stories from close to home and across Turtle Island, Volumes 1 & 2 will release in 2026.
JoLynn is an enthusiastic language learner, traveller, workshop facilitator, graphic designer, singer, actor, model, reader, and coffee lover. If you cross paths, you will find her in community learning, growing, teaching, and sharing.
Parenteau is a member of the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation of Alberta and based in Treaties 7 & 4 territory and MNA District 2 in Medicine Hat, Alberta.