Notes & News
Sponsorships & Events
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n March and April 2015, CPABC sponsored or attended a number of industry events to promote the CPA designation. These included Business
in Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business Awards (March 4—see bottom of page), the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow
Accounting Speaker Series Event (March 12), and the BC Human Resources Management Association Conference and Tradeshow (April 28-29).
To promote the profession at the post-secondary level, CPABC sponsored or attended a variety of events on and off campus, including the
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Career Day, the UBC Me Inc. Conference, the Langara College Student Employment Day, the CPA Careers in
Business Panel, a CPA networking event in Victoria, and career fairs for Thompson Rivers University, the College of New Caledonia & the
University of Northern BC (NorthWorks event), the College of the Rockies, and BCIT.
Upcoming events include the BC Chamber of Commerce Conference (May 24-26), the Government Finance Officers Association of BC’s Annual
Conference (May 27-29), and Business in Vancouver’s 2015 BC CFO Awards (June 2). CPABC will also continue to co-lead the CPA & Beedie
School of Business Student Leadership Development Program through June 2015.
For more information on CPABC’s events, visit the News, Events & Publications section of bccpa.ca.
On April 1, 2015, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Prince Edward Island was formally
established with the proclamation of the Chartered Professional Accountants and Public
Accounting Act by the Government of Prince Edward Island. As the new unified accounting
body, CPA Prince Edward Island represents more than 600 members, candidates, and students. Members can now officially use the CPA designation in conjunction with their legacy
designations.
Honorary Member Wins BIV Award
CPABC is proud to announce that Fiona Macfarlane, LLM, CA (Hon.), was
one of six inspiring leaders chosen to receive a 2015 Influential Women in
Business Award from Business in Vancouver (BIV) this past March.
Fiona is the managing partner for EY in British Columbia and also serves
as the firm’s Canadian chief inclusiveness officer, championing the benefits
of workplace diversity—a topic she recently wrote about for CPABC in Focus
(March/April 2015 cover story). She joined EY in 1987, after immigrating
to Canada from her home country of South Africa.
Fiona currently serves on the executive committee and board of governors
of the Business Council of British Columbia, and on the boards of the
University of British Columbia, Shawnigan Lake School, and the Immigrant
Employment Council of BC. She received the CA (Hon.) designation from
the ICABC in 2011 in recognition of her contributions to the accounting
profession.
CPABC president & CEO Richard Rees, CPA, FCA, with BIV award winner Fiona
Macfarlane, LLM, CA (Hon.) at the gala held on March 4. CPABC was a gold
sponsor of the event. Photo by Chung Chow for Business in Vancouver.
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Congrats to Our Colleagues in PEI!