CGA Profile: Lynn Sveinbjornson

April 30, 2011

Name: Lynn Sveinbjornson, CGA Title: Business Development Manager Association: Certified General Accountants of Ontario Education/Qualifications: Ryerson University graduate; I also graduated from the Professional School of Psychology as a certified career coach and completed a career counselling certification program from Boston, Massachusetts. I am also a Certified General Accountant (CGA). My life before CGA Ontario: [...]

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CGA Profile: Katherine Swick

April 18, 2011

Name: Katherine Swick, CGA Title: Business Development Manager Association: Certified General Accountants of Ontario Education/Qualifications: Bachelors degree, University of Western Ontario; Certified General Accountant (CGA). My life before CGA Ontario: I was previously the senior accountant at the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Where I am today: I’m a business development manager [...]

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Leadership Lessons From Isadore Sharp

March 31, 2011

Four Seasons Hotels founder Isadore Sharp was a keynote speaker at the recent National Business and Technology Conference in Toronto. He spoke before more than 250 delegates at the Mars Discovery District. He was introduced by Nspire Innovation Network president Brad Menezes. Thank you Brad for that very kind introduction.  And good evening ladies and [...]

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CGA Profile: Stephanie Palisek

February 3, 2011

Name: Stephanie Palisek, CGA Title: Business Development Manager Association: Certified General Accountants of Ontario Education/Qualifications: Business Management, Ryerson University; certificate in Business Administration and Business French & Translation. I also graduated from the University of Nice in France, with a Certificat Pratique de Langue Française. I’m also a Certified General Accountant (CGA). My life before [...]

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The Way I See It

January 8, 2011

I never thought that a brief sit at Starbucks could provide such wisdom. True story: I was sipping on a cup of coffee while waiting for my next interview, and the words on the side of the paper cup from which I was drinking caught my eye.

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Interview with Enan Hoque

January 3, 2011

We first met Enan Hoque a few years ago when he was a junior executive of the York University Finance and Industry Club, YUFIC. After graduating last spring with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School Business, he began a career in the public service where he is a business analyst intern [...]

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ACHIEVE 2011 Conference & Competition

November 30, 2010

Do You Crave Competition? The Ryerson University Accounting Society would like to invite you to participate in our 3rd annual Accountants Competing to Heighten Individual Excellence, Visions and Education, otherwise known as ACHIEVE provincial accounting conference. The ACHIEVE competition will be held from February 10th – 12th, 2011 at Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of [...]

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Getting to Know You: CGA Recruitment Officer Tracey L. Baker

November 25, 2010

Name: Tracey L. Baker Title: Business Development Manager Association: Certified General Accountants of Ontario Education/Qualifications: Bachelors degree from McMaster University, Masters of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University My life before CGA Ontario: I previously spent many years working in the professional services sector specializing in strategic business development and implementation in large accounting and [...]

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The President’s Club

November 24, 2010

Being the president of a student club looks great on your resumé, and can be a lot of fun as well, but does it also set you up for career success? Eager to test the theory, we tracked down six former club presidents—Ely Rygier (University of Western Ontario), Myles Malley (University of New Brunswick), Khaled [...]

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Show Me the Green 2011

November 18, 2010

Show Me the Green (SMG) 2011 is a business case competition designed to challenge the conventional bounds set on sustainability, both environmental and economic. In teams of four, delegates conceptualize a new environmentally sustainable initiative and submit a written proposal pertaining to that specific idea prior to the day of the conference. On March 12th [...]

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All the Right Moves

November 18, 2010

By Michael Chu Sometimes you have to go beyond the classroom to sharpen your technical skills, network with working professionals, and glean the trade secrets that will give you an edge when you apply for your first accounting job. Fortunately, a number of accounting clubs, other student-led initiatives and accounting associations make it simple for [...]

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How I Do It: Inna Guelfand

November 12, 2010

First in our ongoing series of profiles of professional accountants By Laura Roberts and J. K. Radomski Young accountants are often told if they work hard and keep challenging themselves, they can take their careers practically anywhere. These five professionals have taken that advice to heart. They have not only gone beyond what was expected [...]

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