NoTES & NEwS
Sponsorships & Events
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he ICABC, CGA-BC, and CMABC sponsored or attended a number of industry events this past summer to promote the CPA designation.
These events included the ICABC Member Recognition Dinner (June 25) and BC Business Top 100 (July 3). Upcoming sponsorships
include the CPABC Fall Leadership Conference (September 17-19), the CGA-BC AGM and Chair’s Banquet & Awards Gala (September
20), the CGA-BC Convocation Ceremony (November 1), and the CMABC Convocation Ceremony (November 15). For more information on
past and upcoming CPABC-sponsored events, visit the News & Events section of bccpa.ca.
To promote the profession to students, the ICABC, CGA-BC, and CMABC sponsored or attended a variety of on-campus events, including the
CPA Speed Interview Event (June 17); the SFU Leadership Program “Graduation Breakfast” (June 18); the UBC Commerce Undergraduate Society
Community Breakfast (July 4); the CPA Cram Session at BCIT (July 4); and SFU Caseware (July 19); as well as info sessions at a Skills Connect for
Immigrants event (June 26), SFU (July 2), and Kwantlen Polytechnic University (July 11). Upcoming on-campus events include UVic Workplace
Skills Conference (September 11) and the UBC Grad Fair (September 30-October 2).
SFU Connect
On June 3, more than 120 students from SFU’s Accounting Student Association attended the latest
CPABC Connect event. Held at the Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver, the SFU Connect event
gave students the opportunity to meet and network with a wide variety of CPAs, employers, and
CPABC staff. Much like past CPABC Connect events, networking and creating connections were
the main focus of the evening. The event also gave students the opportunity to ask questions
about the CPA program and learn about the exciting career doors a CPA designation can open.
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1. C. Y. Tay, CPA, CGA (far right)
networks with SFU students (l
to r) Umer Rizwan, Christopher
Trotzuk, and Derek Yip. 2. L to
R: SFU students Sean Li,
Matthew Chan, Brandon Lau,
and Elaine Tang. 3. SFU
students Caleb Sun and Nick
Cu. 4. L to R: Christine
Woodington, CPA, CGA, chats
with SFU student Jennica
Cang. 5. L to R: SFU students
Joanna Tung, Eunice Cao, and
Carmen Chung. Photos by
Alistair Eagle for Ron Sangha
Productions.
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View more event photos on
the CPABC Flickr page
at flickr.com/cpabc/sets.
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