Financial Literacy Sessions Held on Vancouver Island
CPABC YPF Members Get Creative at Greater Vancouver Board of Trade ' s Creativity Café
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Financial Literacy Sessions Held on Vancouver Island
Through its Community Connect Financial Literacy Program , CPA Canada has developed many resources for CPA members who want to teach Canadians about important financial matters . In collaboration with CPABC ’ s Upper Vancouver Island and Victoria / Southern Vancouver Island chapters , CPA Canada hosted two train-the-trainer sessions on Vancouver Island in June . Combined , these events were attended by more than 100 CPABC members . Cairine Wilson , CPA Canada ’ s vice-president of corporate citizenship , and Li Zhang , manager of the Financial Literacy Program , delivered a session at the Coast Bastion Inn in Nanaimo on June 8 , and a session at Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites in Victoria the following day . To date , more than 1,600 BC members have completed the train-the-trainer program , and hundreds of financial literacy sessions have been delivered across the province . To find out more about the Financial Literacy Program , including how to become a volunteer , visit cpacanada . ca / financialliteracyvolunteer .
Li Zhang speaks to members in Nanaimo on June 8 .
CPABC YPF Members Get Creative at Greater Vancouver Board of Trade ' s Creativity Café
More than 100 young professionals from a variety of industries , including 20 members of CPABC ’ s Young Professionals Forum ( YPF ), attended the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade ’ s ( GVBoT ) Company of Young Professionals Creativity Café on April 20 , 2016 . This session , which was sponsored by CPABC and held at the SFU Vancouver Harbour Centre campus , featured Mia Maki , FCPA , FCMA , a professor of entrepreneurship , finance , and accounting in the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria , who talked about what separates “ dreamers ” from “ doers .” In this highly interactive session , Maki and the audience explored strategies to improve creative thinking and turn ideas into meaningful action . She also spoke about engaging in cross-functional conversations to foster relationships organization-wide — what she called “ intrapreneurship .” The event gave members of CPABC ’ s Young Professionals Forum an opportunity to meet and network with other professionals from across the Greater Vancouver region . To find out more about CPABC ’ s various member forums , including the Young Professionals Forum , visit bccpa . ca / members / connect / member-forums . And for those interested in joining the GVBoT , CPABC has a special member benefit that waives your activation fee . Visit our Member Benefits page at bccpa . ca / members / member-benefits and look under the Business Associations category for offer details .
Above : The Creativity Café audience . Below : Sunny Pranjivan , CPA , CGA ( centre ), with CPABC ' s business development co-ordinators Sheila Cheung ( left ) and Anna Belyaeva ( right ).
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