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Spring 2023 Graduates
Congratulations to our graduates!
Here is a list of everyone who earned their diploma from the Institut québécois de planification financière in the 2023 spring session.
Mathieu Aird
Alyshia Keays-Hill
Farin Alavizadeh
Dominic Lambert
Mathew Andre
Ève Lamoureux
Mananjo Andriantsara-Razanajato
Mathieu Landry
Simon Arseneault
Olivier Lapointe
David Beauséjour
Najwa Lazrak
Émile Bertrand-Ouellet
Félix-Antoine Leblond
Marwen Bezzaouia
Taib Lemdewar
Jérémy Blais
Kristopher Lepage
Maryse Blais
Aglaée Létourneau
Marc-Antoine Blondin
Leen Mahko
Jacob Austin Bloom
Félix Mailly Michel
Valerie Bolduc-Parent
Jérémi Malo
Alexandre Bouchard
Julie Maltais
Nora Boulefa
Karine Manzerolle
Suzy Brière
Ariane Marquis
Guglielmo Canci
Nathalie Martel
Damneet Chadha
Shawn Martel
Clément Chaffiotte
Guillaume Mayer-Décarie
Jacob Chamberland
Sheikh Miah
M'Hamed Chami
John Moraitis
Louis-Philippe Côté
Raphaël Morency Caron
Marie-Ève Coulombe
Erika Morey
Véronique Cusson
Ramzi Moualla
Audrey Da Silva
Harry-Alexandre Nadeau
Mikael Dagenais Maranda
Alex Nguy
Manuel Damasio
Thien Vu Nguyen
Léo Deblois
Chourouk Nouni
Marc-Antoine Deraps
Diane Ouédraogo
Patricia Di Bello
Anthony Ouellet-Sayeur
Anthony Dimas
Juan Carlos Paez
Christophe Dubé
Natascha Parrillo
Charles Duchesne
Jean-François Pelletier
Frédéric Duchesne
Olivier Pepin
Mathieu Dupuis
Nicolas Pichette
Anibiet Wilfrid Ehouan
Antoine Pomerleau
Christophe Faucher-Courchesne
Mathieu Pomerleau
Younes Filal
Alexandre Prevost
Mohamed Fofana
Michaël Prince
Paulo Alexandre Fonseca
Aleksander Michael Riopel
Jonathan Gagnon
Alexis Roy
Félix Gagnon-Bisson
Bianka Savard
Marc-Antoine Gamache
Rami Sayah
Mathieu Garand
Chatel Simard
Stamen Garnenkov
Stéphanie Simard
Line Girard
Nattacha Soukaseum
Mariève Girard
Joseph Flaubert Tagne Talla
Andrée-Anne Godbout
Julie Tassé
Mathieu Gouraud
Benjamin Theoret
Marie-Philippe Grenier
Félix Thibodeau
David-Alexandre Guay
Samuel Tousignant
Ismael Amaga Guindo
Felix Vaillancourt
Meray Iskander
William Vaillancourt
Maude Jeanson
Gabriel Vézina
Mathilde Julien
Philippe Vinette
Medi Kantshiama
Monica Younan
11 November 2023
The IQPF becomes the Institute of Financial Planning
The Institute’s new colours: The new face of financial planning education
What's the issue?
In short, an analysis of the situation, launched in spring 2022, led to two observations:
The IQPF was not widely enough known to the public.
The F.Pl. profession was struggling to recruit enough new resources to guarantee its future.
You will find more details about this in the FAQ section.
What could be done to rectify it?
Our analytical approach has led us to a solution: overhaul our brand identity. There are two aspects to our solution.
Replacing "IQPF" with "Institute of Financial Planning."
This allows us to avoid blending into the multitude of vaguely understandable acronyms and initialisms. Our full name is as clear as the advice our members offer to their clients and as complete as our training programs. By leaving out “québécois,” the Institute of Financial Planning has widened its aim, reflecting what it offers to financial planners.
Adopting a new visual identity.
Choosing contrasting colours allows us to avoid drowning in a sea of all-too-common blues and to express the vitality of the profession and the Institute. And our new symbol represents the continuous nature of financial planning and the life trajectory it supports.
In short, our plan is to be understandable and distinctive, to communicate better, attract attention, set ourselves apart and succeed.
FAQ
Answers to your top 10 burning questions!
Why are you changing your brand identity?
Mainly because of the issues of recruitment and reputation, which are closely linked. Many indicators have been showing us for a while now that, despite our efforts, we are not reaching the next generation of financial planners and training enough people to be able to meet demand from the public and major employers. This observation also intersects with the public’s lack of awareness of our organization (only 13% of people questioned in our last survey knew about the IQPF). The name and image of the IQPF were not resonating beyond our core of affiliates. Many of the explanations for this were rooted in a somewhat outdated brand identity.What process led to the new identity?A brand identity review was launched in spring 2022 to examine all the aspects of the existing brand and the changes required to reflect the objectives of our strategic plan and the needs and expectations of our clients. We also performed a competition analysis and held several work sessions and consultations with the IQPF team and stakeholders representing various profiles of affiliates, future members of the profession and major employers. Many recommendations were offered concerning our name, our positioning, the personality of our brand, our brand architecture, our values, our ambition and the tone used in our communications. Creative brainstorming allowed us to explore a variety of artistic avenues, leading to the selection, development and adaptation of the identity that you see today. Throughout this process, we made a point of anchoring our new identity in reality, which is why, for example, it was important for us to involve actual financial planners and actual future members of the financial planning profession in two photo sessions, to establish a bank of unique and authentic images.What does the new logo represent?The logo of the Institute of Financial Planning is comprised of two components: the P, in which we can also see an F, and the name. The P/F symbol, besides referring to financial planning, also evokes a life trajectory marked by plans and changes. We are no longer presenting financial planning as linear and ascending, but rather as a continuous process, because financial planners are there to support and guide us through all the twists and turns of life. This symbol is also used as coloured texture, behind or in front of photos or on a solid background, to give a distinctive personality to the brand.Why did you drop the initialism IQPF?Because outside of the circle of affiliates, those four letters unfortunately do not mean anything to most people. Since it is crucial for a brand to not speak only to itself, we decided to clarify and simplify our name identity, so there are no doubts about what we do. The Institute of Financial Planning is above all an educational institution. We are focusing on what we do best: our vocation in financial planning education. This new logo also places greater emphasis on the expression “financial planning” in order to promote it.Why did you drop the word "québécois"?Partly to avoid being confused with certain other governmental organizations, agencies or institutions, but also to open our horizons to a world where training is often done remotely and where it is not unusual for professionals from elsewhere to seek training here in what we do best. The renown of Québec’s financial planning model is well established. And the Institute, as we will call it for short, has the potential to attract students from all over the world, spreading the expertise of our instructors beyond our borders.Why is it a problem to have an initialism, such as IFP, for the Institute of Financial Planning?Because we don’t (yet) enjoy the widespread reputation of UdeM, UQÀM or the HEC. To meet our recruitment and awareness challenges, in the context where financial planning itself is not widely known as a discipline and a profession, we believe that it merits being spelt out.Why did you drop the blue?Here again we decided to explore colours other than blue to set ourselves apart from the competition (drenched in blues and reds) and to avoid being perceived as a provincial government player. We decided to ditch those cold, common blues for a palette of vibrant colours that evoke diversity, modern times and the enthusiasm that drives the Institute. Orange will be our main colour (for the letters in our logo, when we use the colour version), because it is a warm colour that instils energy and positivity and that is often associated with communication and creativity. Orange is rarely used in the financial sector, so it gives us a distinctive brand identity in the market.What does all this mean for people who received their diploma from the IQPF before the name change?It doesn’t change a thing. You will still be a graduate of the IQPF (Institut québécois de planification financière) and your diploma still has the same value. If you do another course with the Institute to further develop your competencies as an F.Pl., new digital badges with the Institute’s new identity will be granted to you, so you can display them proudly.Do I have to update my LinkedIn page?No need to change your academic history if you did your main training and subsequent courses in the IQPF years. But if you want to, you can embrace your alma mater’s new look by using one of our LinkedIn banners in the Institute’s new colours. Join the movement to proudly show that you are part of a community of passionate professionals.Will the appearance of the other tools and publications also change?Yes, but the names will stay the same for the short term. You will still see Le Planif and La Cible with the same type of content, but new colours. The website is being overhauled, and the new, revamped site will be unveiled in December 2023.
1 November 2023
L'Institut collabore à une nouvelle série sur les questions d'argent à Savoir média
Dès le 14 novembre prochain, découvrez la série Format économique, produite par Savoir Média avec le soutien de l’Institut! Quelles sont les mécaniques financières qui régissent nos sociétés? Qu’est-ce qui affecte notre portefeuille? Pour démystifier l’économie, cette série documentaire aborde les questions d’argent sans complexe pour aider les gens à mieux contrôler leur budget et planifier leur avenir financier.
Grâce à la participation de plusieurs spécialistes dont Monique Leroux, Miville Tremblay, le planificateur financier Fabien Major et la présidente-directrice générale de l'IQPF, Chantal Lamoureux, Format économique vise à augmenter la littératie financière des Québécois et des Québécoises de tous âges.
De l'origine de l'argent à la planification financière, cette nouvelle série de dix épisodes décode l’inflation, la récession, l’épargne, la Bourse, la planification de la retraite et plus encore.
Vous pourrez découvrir les 5 premiers épisodes sur le site web de Savoir Média et dans leur appli (iOS | Android | Roku). Les 5 autres épisodes seront disponibles sur ces plateformes le 21 novembre. Deux épisodes seront aussi diffusés chaque mardi à 20 h 30 à compter du 14 novembre sur la chaîne YouTube de Savoir Média et à la télé.
8 November 2023
