NOTES & NEWS
CPABC Hosts
Inaugural COIN
Competition
CPABC hosted its first annual High School
COIN Competition on May 14, 2016, inviting
high school students from across the province
to show off their accounting acumen.
The Competition consisted of a 65-question
multiple-choice exam focused on introductory accounting and business concepts. In
total, 94 high school students from 31 high
schools across the province competed.
The top 10 participants and their guests were
later invited to attend an awards luncheon in
Vancouver on May 28, where they heard
Mandeep Mann, CPA, CGA, incoming chair
of CPABC’s Vancouver Chapter, speak about
her path to the CPA designation and describe
the breadth of exciting career opportunities
available for CPAs in business and accounting.
The top 12 participants, listed top right,
were awarded cash prizes.
For winning first prize, Haider Abrar also
helped his school, Mount Douglas Secondary,
win a cash prize.
We want to congratulate all of the students
who participated in the COIN Competition
for their hard work. We hope to see many of
them at other CPABC recruitment events
and competitions in the future!
Place
Name
School
City
1
Haider Abrar
Mount Douglas Secondary
Victoria
2
Yu-Heng Hsia
Fleetwood Park Secondary
Surrey
3
Da Hea Kim
Moscrop Secondary
Burnaby
4
Nathan Yip
Windermere Secondary
Vancouver
5
Danielle Divino
Fleetwood Park Secondary
Surrey
6
Jason Ng
Moscrop Secondary
Burnaby
7 (tie)
Adam Tran
Sir Charles Tupper Secondary Vancouver
7 (tie)
Jasdeep Toor
Dasmesh Punjabi School
Abbotsford
8
Annie Li
Prince of Wales Secondary
Vancouver
9 (tie) Ingrid Mo
Steveston-London Secondary Richmond
9 (tie) Haley Waldhaus
Mark R. Isfeld Secondary
Courtenay
10
Moscrop Secondary
Burnaby
Dzhamaldin Vaninov
2
3
1
4
1. Sharon Hummel, manager of student
recruitment & market development for CPABC,
presents Haider Abrar with the award for
achieving first place in the inaugural COIN
Competition. 2. Students, guests, and CPABC
staff take the opportunity to chat before guest
speaker Mandeep Mann takes the podium.
3. Mandeep Mann, CPA, CGA, incoming chair of
CPABC's Vancouver Chapter, tells students
about the benefits of having a CPA designation.
4. Students and guests play a game of “CPA
bingo” for a chance at a door prize. Photos by
Erich Saide.
For more photos of this event, visit CPABC’s
Flickr page at flickr.com/cpabc/sets.
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