CPABC Industry Update Winter 2015 | Page 14

It’s Fun to Train at the YMCA Starting in BC, local branches of the YMCA are banding together with CPA to build a national mentorship and hiring program. W hen most Canadians think of the YMCA, it is the organization’s camping, mind. Few are aware of the wide aquatics, fitness, child care, and youth new graduates, underemployed, leadership programs that come to older adults, and new immigrants that page 14 | range of employment and training programs for aspiring entrepreneurs, I N D U S T R Y U P D AT E YMCA offers across the country. At the YMCA, helping people reach their full potential takes on many forms. That’s why the YMCA of Okanagan and YMCA of Greater Vancouver have