NoTeS & NeWS
Sponsorships & Events
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n January 2014, the ICABC, CGA-BC, and CMABC sponsored or attended a number of industry events promoting the CPA designation.
These included the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Economic Outlook Forum (January 16) and Business in Vancouver’s “Forty under 40” Awards
(January 30). Upcoming sponsorships include Business in Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business Awards (March 5) and BC CFO of the
Year Awards (May 22). For more details on upcoming CPABC-sponsored events, members are encouraged to visit the News & Events section of
the website at bccpa.ca.
While promoting the profession on campus, the ICABC, CGA-BC, and CMABC sponsored or attended a number of on-campus events, including
the JDC West competition for post-secondary students (January 17-19); the UVic Commerce Students’ Society’s annual business banquet (January 30);
and career fairs at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (February 4-5), Okanagan College (February 5), and UBC Okanagan (February 6). A career
fair at Trinity Western University will take place on February 13. Coming up on March 7 is the business career expo hosted by SFU’s Beedie
School of Business, UBC’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School, and UVic’s Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, which will take place this year at
the Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver.
To increase high school students’ awareness of accounting and finance careers, CPABC served as the presenting sponsor of Junior Achievement BC’s
“Innovation Jam” on January 20. The new JABC initiative brings together high school students from across BC who are enrolled in JA’s Titan and
Company programs to learn how to create businesses focused on innovation.
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VBOT Economic Outlook
Forum 2014
1. Iain Black, president and CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade,
welcomes guests to the 25th Annual Economic Outlook Forum.
2. Panel 2 - Choices and Challenges: Transit, Transportation and
Tomorrow’s Economy, with panellists (l to r): Gregor Robertson,
mayor of Vancouver; Dianne Watts, mayor of Surrey; Anne McMullin,
president and CEO of the Urban Development Institute; Ken Peacock,
chief economist for the Business Council of British Columbia; Dr. Peter
Hall, associate professor (Urban Studies Program) at Simon Fraser
University; and moderator Rick Cluff, host of The Early Edition for
CBC Radio Vancouver. Photos by Sara Borck Photography.
Cabinet Ministers Breakfast
At a Cabinet Ministers Breakfast held on December 16, the Hon. Peter
Fassbender, Minister of Education for BC, outlined the provincial
government’s vision for the K-12 public education system. The minister
told those gathered at the BC Chamber of Commerce event that in order
to create a healthy economy, students need the resources to help them
succeed. He also lauded the role that teachers play in opening the
doors of learning and preparing students for the future.
“There will be careers five years from now that don’t exist today,”
said the minister.
Committed to encouraging dialogue between business and government, CPABC serves as a sponsor of the Cabinet Ministers Breakfast
Series. CMABC board chair Tammy Towill, CPA, FCMA, and 2013
CGA-BC board chair Candace Nancke, CPA, FCGA, along with other
senior members of the organization, represented CPA at the breakfast
in December.
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CPABC in Focus • Feb/Mar 2014
L to R: Kirby Smith, western regional manager, policy, for Merck; Janis Horne, director of development for UBC’s
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Jim Belsheim, chair of the BC Chamber of Commerce; Candace Nancke, CPA,
FCGA, 2013 CGA-BC board chair; John Winter, president and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce (back row);
Peter Fassbender, Minister of Education; Tammy Towill, CPA, FCMA, CMABC board chair; Howard Nemtin, vice-chair
of TransLink; and Ian Jarvis, CEO of TransLink. Photo: BC Chamber of Commerce.