Author Archives: Tiana Mah

Happy Holidays from CMA

All the best in 2012 from the CMA Society. Supporting our communities and those less fortunate. In lieu of sending out cards this year CMA British Columbia is donating to the Union Gospel Mission. Give your support today, visit www.ugm.ca. Office closure notice: The CMA office will be closed as of noon on Friday, December 23, 2011 and will be [...]

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Consultation report released on uniting the Canadian accounting profession

Since May, Canada’s Chartered Accountants and Canada’s Certified Management Accountants have been listening to and gathering perspectives from members, candidates and registered students about the merits and feasibility of uniting our national and provincial organizations. We have also engaged business and government leaders, the academic community and other stakeholders. The national consultation period closed on Sept 16, 2011. CA and [...]

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Nov 2011 CMA e-news

CMA e-news – CMAs’ source for Society News, Events and CPLD. Read the Nov 2011 issue online. In this issue: 2011 convocation, update on the merger discussions, winter 2012 CMA Program deadlines, Fall 2011 issue of Update magazine, volunteer opportunities, CPLD events, and much more. CMA e-news is CMA British Columbia’s monthly e-newsletter. Not receiving CMA e-news? Update your member profile [...]

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2011 Convocation – BC’s newest CMAs

Congratulations to BC’s newest CMAs – the graduating class of 2011! More photos will be posted to the Society’s Flickr account and Facebook group – we’re waiting for the official photos from our photographer.  In the meantime, do you have photos or video from convocation that you’d like to share? Email them today to tiana@cmabc.com or share them on our [...]

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Fall 2011 Update magazine

The fall 2011 issue of Update magazine has been mailed to all BC members Oct 27-Nov 3. If you missed your copy, read the online version here. In this issue we look at how you can protect your succession plans with the new BC Wills, Estates and Succession Act, tips for succession management in professional service firms, the subtle signs [...]

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Quebec CA-CMA-CGA Merger Update

The CA, CMA and CGA Orders in Quebec recently announced that their respective boards of directors have recommended moving forward with a merger of their organizations. With this favourable recommendation to the Office des professions, the provincial government is expected to introduce legislation in early 2012 that would establish a new professional accounting order representing more than 34,000 Quebec CAs, [...]

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Oct 2011 CMA e-news

CMA e-news is CMA British Columbia’s monthly e-newsletter. Read the Oct 2011 issue: 2011 Volunteer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award winners, 2011-12 BC Board of Directors, CMA BC member salary report, 2010-11 CMA British Columbia annual report, convocation 2011, BC’s fall advertsing campaign, CPLD events, and much more.

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2011 Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Each year, CMA British Columbia hosts a volunteer appreciation luncheon for all of the CMAs, CMA candidates & students who have volunteered on behalf of the Society in the past year. The Society also recognizes a select group of CMAs for their outstanding volunteer contributions with the CMA Volunteer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards.   Congratulations to Karim Adatia, [...]

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Being a Positive Force in any Situation

The CMA Centre for Strategic Change hosts Ryan Quinn – Assistant Professor in Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, consultant to Fortune 500 companies and author of Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in any Situation. No matter what roles a person plays in life – business manager, parent, friend, neighbor, and so forth – we all want to have [...]

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Sept 2011 CMA enews

CMA e-news is CMA British Columbia’s monthly e-newsletter. Read the Sept 2011 issue online. In this issue: CMA Canada white paper – forecasting the future role of the management accountant, BC member salary report, call for 2012 Leadership Conference speakers, CPLD Reporting due Sept 30th, convocation 2011, CPLD events, and much more.

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