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Update For Friday, September 3, 2010
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Important Dates
| September 6 |
CGA-BC OFFICE CLOSED (Labour Day) |
| September 7 |
Session 1 courses begin |
| September 10 |
Session 4 (2009-2010) BC1/BC2 due |
| September 20 |
Session 1 course refund/session change deadline |
| October 1 |
Session 1 Public Speaking course refund/session change deadline |
| October 1 |
$100 late will apply to 2010-11 tuition payments |
| October 11 |
CGA-BC OFFICE CLOSED (Thanksgiving) |
PD Seminar Available for Students:
Welcome to Canada - Now What? - Professionalism in the Canadian Context
Start Date: September 22, 2010
Start Time: 8:30 am
End Time: 12:00 pm
Cost: $216 member, $259 non-member - 4 CPD hours
Location: Hilton Metrotown, Burnaby
Speaker: Roy Johnson, MA, CRC, CHRP
For more information and to register, please click here.
Session 4 2009-2010 Exam Deferrals
Students who were scheduled to write an exam in session 4 and did not attempt the exam can request a late deferral until September 10, 2:00 pm.
The late deferral fee is now applicable in addition to the deferral fee. Please find the deferral form under the Schedules, Fees & Forms page of our website.
Free Career Workshop at CGA-BC -
Resume & Cover Letter Writing
Your resumé and cover letter are the keys to being selected for an interview, so they have to make a strong first impression. Come find out how to wow potential employers with your cover letter and resumé. Career Counselor Cynthia Ainslie will explain the essential elements of an outstanding resumé section by section and offer personalized feedback and coaching, so please bring your resume and cover letter along with you.
Seating is limited to 25 so please register early.
Date: Tuesday September 28, 2010 or Wednesday September 29, 2010 (please choose one)
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Location: CGA-BC, 1867 W Broadway, 2nd Floor boardroom, Vancouver BC
To register: E-mail Cynthia Ainslie at
cainslie@cga-bc.org with your student or member ID and the date you wish to attend.
Gordon Ruth, FCGA, Appointed as
CGA-BC Executive Director
On behalf of the Board of Governors of the Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia, I am pleased to announce that Gordon Ruth, BA, FCGA, has been appointed as our new Executive Director. Gordon has occupied several roles in the public sector ranging from the federal government to BC Hydro. In addition, he spent some 15 years with the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro Vancouver) where he became the Chief Financial Officer and helped steward the financial affairs of this regional federation of 22 member municipalities and one electoral district.
Gordon has an extensive background volunteering with the CGA Association at the provincial, national and chapter level. He served on the CGA-BC Board of Governors from 1998 to 2005 and was elected to the Executive Committee in 2000. He then served as President of the Association in 2002. Nationally, he served on the CGA-Canada Board of Directors from 2000-2004 as well as on the CGA-Canada Executive Committee. He was active in both the Vancouver and Southern Vancouver Island chapters. He has received a number of awards recognizing his contribution to the Association including the J.M. Macbeth Award, a Fellowship Designation and a Life Membership.
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Backordered Materials
The following course materials are currently on backorder, with their estimated delivery dates:
AU1, AU2, EE1, EM1, MA1 – October 15, 2010
PA2 Session 2 “Assignment Cases” – October 30, 2010
PA1 Session 3 “Assignment Cases” – January 30, 2011
TX1 – October 30, 2010
TX2 Session 3 – January 30, 2011
PF1 - October 15, 2010
OR1 - September 3, 2010
RK1, RK2 – August 30, 2010
CGA-BC Chapter Fall Student Event
The chapters of CGA-BC cordially invite you to a complimentary Student Event welcoming you to the CGA Program of Professional Studies. Please attend the function
sponsored by the chapter representing the area in which you reside.
Mentor Program Helps Recent
Immigrant CGA Students
CGA-BC continues to partner with the Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) to deliver a mentorship program. ISSofBC will match CGA students and members who are newcomers to Canada (i.e., arrived in the past five years) with CGA students or members who are thoroughly familiar with accounting and finance work in Canada.
Under this program, mentors will assist mentees in the following ways:
- Provide an understanding of the Canadian workplace and culture
- Assist in identifying the professional and technical skills required to meet market demands
- Assist the mentee to improve their self-marketing techniques and confidence
Mentors are not expected to:
- Provide or find a job for the mentee
- Provide course tutoring services to the mentee
If you are a CGA student who is looking for guidance in navigating the Canadian work environment and you have not been able to find work in the accounting or finance field you trained for in your homeland, and you would like to be matched with a mentor, please click here to complete the mentee form. Our mentors have expertise and experience in many areas of accounting and finance, and the ISSofBC takes care to match mentors that best meet mentee needs, experience, background and personality.
The program currently has mentors with the following job titles:
- client services accountant
- controller
- finance manager
- assistant finance manager
- financial processing specialist
- mutual fund accountant
- senior accountant
- tax auditor.
If you do not see an appropriate match in the job titles listed above, but are still interested in securing a mentor, we encourage you to complete the form, and your name will be kept on file until an appropriate match is found. If you have any questions about this program, kindly email Simone Leonard.
The demand for CGA members and students is scorching. For proof, see the
Hot Jobs page updated weekly. If you haven’t already
signed up to CGAjobs.org, do so. And don’t forget to post your resumé to the site.
Help Us Keep Tabs on Your Successes
Fellow students, members and Association staff want to hear about your successes in school, at work and in other aspects of your life. Tell us all about it to be featured in Outlook, the all-member and student magazine. Or maybe you know of a student who is too humble to blow their own horn. Let us know of [jreid#cga-bc,org]story ideas and students to profile for Sessions, the student newsletter that comes in every issue of Outlook.
