Introducing BC's new
FCMAs for 2003
Six CMAs in British Columbia are new Fellows of the Society
of Management Accountants (FCMAs). The FCMA Due Diligence
Committee at CMA Canada received a total of 40 nominations
from the provincial FCMA selection committees and approved
all 40 on September 5th in Mississauga.
BC's new FCMAs include Theodore
T.Y. Chen, BCom, MBA, FAIA (Hon),
CMA, FCMA, Professor and Head, Department of Accounting,
Hong Kong Shue Yan College, Hong Kong; William
J. Bryden, BCom,
MBA, CMA, FCMA, Chief Operating Officer (Vancouver),
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver; W.
James Fedorak, BEd, MEd, CMA,
FCMA, retired, Kamloops; and Colin
Bennett, CMA, FCMA, Chief Executive
Officer, CMA Canada - British Columbia, Vancouver. CMA Canada
- Saskatchewan recommended its former long-time member, Yvonne
Pinder, who was also
granted her FCMA in September. Pinder,
BComm, MBA, CMA, FCMA, is
a Project Manager at the Okanagan University College in Kelowna.
CMA Canada - Ontario recommended a member now living in BC,
Jane Peverett, who is a new FCMA as well. Peverett,
BCom, MBA, CMA, FCMA, is the Chief
Financial Officer at the British Columbia Transmission Corporation.
Since the first national honorary designation was awarded
in 1978, the FCMA designation has represented excellence in
management accounting, commitment to CMA Canada and its provincial
partners, and a civic mindedness that brings community respect
to the CMA and the profession.
With the support of the new national FCMA Due Diligence Committee
and the national CMA Board of Directors, the BC FCMA Selection
Committee and its other provincial counterparts had more responsibility
in the 2003 nomination and recommendation process. Earlier
this year, the BC FCMA Selection Committee solicited nominations
for consideration from BC members and plans to improve on
this new nomination process for 2004. The committee includes
John Mould, CMA, FCMA; George Hartmann, CMA, FCMA; Brian Kennedy,
CMA, FCMA; Robert Stuart, BCom, CMA, FCMA; and Robert E. Taylor,
CMA, FCMA.
To celebrate the accomplishments of BC's new FCMAs for 2003,
CMA Canada - British Columbia is hosting the 6th Annual FCMA
Luncheon at Vancouver's Hyatt Regency Hotel on Saturday, November
1st. Later that day, Michael dos Santos from CMA Canada will
present Bennett, Bryden, and Fedorak with their FCMA certificates
and pins during the 2003 Convocation Ceremonies.
Individual FCMA announcement advertisements will appear in
the North Shore News, Burnaby Now, Kamloops This Week, Kelowna
Daily Courier, and South China Morning Post on November 5th.
Group FCMA advertisements will appear in the Vancouver Sun
on November 5th and in Business in Vancouver's November 11th-18th
issue. CMA Canada has profiled the 40 new FCMAs across the
country in its Fall 2003 issue of Strategic Direction, a special
national publication that will accompany the October issue
of Management Magazine.
Introducing BC's Board of
Directors for 2003 - 2004
Karen Chu,
BCom (Hons), CMA, was elected
President of the Certified Management Accountants of British
Columbia for a two-year term at the Annual General Meeting
at Vancouver's Hyatt Regency Hotel on Friday, September 19th.
Chu is the Team Lead - Contact Center Initiative at TELUS
in Burnaby.
Other members elected to the 2003-2004 board include First
Vice President Fred Zdan,
CMA, Senior Vice President Finance
& Administration, Island Savings Credit Union, Duncan;
Second Vice President Richard
MacNeill, CMA, Dipl.T.,
Director, Finance & Administration, Teldon International
Inc., Richmond; Treasurer Bruce
Belsher, BA, MHSc, CMA,
Director, Business & Client Services, Fraser Health Authority,
Surrey; and Secretary Colin
Bennett, CMA, FCMA, Chief
Executive Officer, Certified Management Accountants of British
Columbia, Vancouver. Robert
A. Strachan, CMA, is
now Past President of CMA Canada - British Columbia.
Serving as members include Elaine
Eccleston, DipTech, AAT, CMA,
Consultant and Instructor, College of the Rockies,
Kimberley; Graham S. Fane,
Dipl.Tech, BSc, MBA, CMA, Lecturer,
Business Management Department, Capilano College, North Vancouver;
Mehb Jessa, BBA,
CMA, Vice President and General Manager, The Portables,
Richmond; Mark J.L. Kennedy,
CMA, Public Practitioner, Burnaby;
Mia Maki,
BA, MBA, CMA, Principal,
Quimper Consulting, Victoria; Joan
Mar, BCom, CMA, Controller,
Human Resources & Training, MacDonald Dettwiler &
Associates Ltd., Richmond; Lyndon
Peterson, AAT, CMA, CCIM, Regional
Accommodation Services Manager, British Columbia Buildings
Corporation, Prince George; and Heather
A. Williams, BA, CA, CMA,
Kamloops. The Yukon Representative is David
J. Hrycan, BCom, CMA,
ADM Finance, the Government of Yukon in Whitehorse.
A 2003-2004 Executive Board announcement ran in the October
7th-14th issue of Business in Vancouver.
Advanced standing and transfer
credit available for CMAs accepted into AU's programs
Looking for an MBA program that will take your CMA designation
into account? Consider the Executive MBA, MBA in Information
Technology, or the MBA in Project Management available from
Athabasca University (AU).
Earlier this year, CMA Canada and Athabasca University signed
an agreement that enables CMAs to use their professional expertise
and proven business knowledge to obtain advanced standing
and transfer credits in its three available MBA programs.
The AU MBA curriculum builds on CMAs' unique management accounting
background in an intensely interactive, collaborative learning
environment that focuses on the application of academic theory
to management practice. Innovations and new practices within
organizations are shared across geographical locations, cultures,
and industry sectors - leading to a cutting-edge, global business
education.
Minimum admission requirements for AU's MBA programs for
CMAs vary. CMAs with an undergraduate degree and a minimum
of three years of professional experience with management
level responsibilities are encouraged to apply. CMAs who do
not have an undergraduate degree but have a minimum of five
years of professional experience with management level responsibilities
also meet the minimum admission requirements. Once CMA applicants
are admitted into an AU MBA program, Athabasca University
grants them the advanced standing and transfer credits applicable
to the graduate degree that the CMAs have chosen to pursue.
Applications for May 2004 admission into any of the three
MBA programs at AU are being accepted until February 15th,
2004.
For More Information
Athabasca University will hold "MBA for CMAs" Information
Sessions in the Lower Mainland in January 2004. To have your
name added to their contact list, call Program Advisor Nola
Reichart at the Athabasca University at 1-800-561-4650 or
email her at nolar@athabascau.ca
Click
here for more information about AU's MBA programs for
CMAs.
CMA Canada sponsors accredited
professional development program for directors
CMA Canada has signed on as a national sponsor of The Directors
College, which was recently established by The Conference
Board of Canada and the McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote
School of Business. The college offers a comprehensive professional
development program leading to the Chartered Director (C.Dir)
designation, Canada's first and only designation for corporate
directors.
The Directors College has several unique features. It is
independent of the corporate director community and has a
diverse faculty that will bring fresh perspectives to the
program. The curriculum addresses legal and regulatory environment,
compensation issues, financial management and auditing issues,
codes of ethics, and directors' roles and responsibilities.
It also explores board dynamics, board behavior and the informal
interplay between board and management. The professional development
program also explores the relationship between governance
and corporate social responsibility.
The program consists of five sessions, all of which require
two days to complete. The first session is scheduled for November
13th to the 15th. The next offering for the first session
is scheduled for February 2004.
For More information
Call Catherine Gardiner at The Directors College at 613-526-3090
ext. 201or email her at gardiner@conferenceboard.ca.
June 2003 CMA National Entrance
Exam Honour Roll
Over 160 CMA students from British Columbia challenged the
CMA National Entrance Exam for the first time last June. Five
of those CMA students earned a combined score of 80% or higher
on the National Exam. Congratulations to all:
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Ms. Mary Ann Knoll, BCom, CMA candidate; Associate,
Peter McFadden Inc., (Kelowna)
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Mr. Ryan Chute, BCom, CMA candidate; Account
& Export Manager,
Harvest Green Botanicals (Regina) |
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Ms. Elizabeth Jones, BA, MBA, CMA candidate;
Financial Analyst,
City of Vancouver (Vancouver) |
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Ms. Mariam Pirbhai, BCom, CMA candidate
(West Vancouver) |
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Mr. Terry Smuin, AAT, CMA candidate; Business
Systems Administrator,
Coe Newnes/McGehee Ltd., (Salmon Arm) |
Knoll, Chute and Smuin graduated from the CMA FastTrack
Program in 2003.
January 2004 admission into
the CMA FastTrack Program
Know someone who is thinking about qualifying
for the CMA National Entrance Exam next year? Encourage them
to apply for January 2004 admission into the CMA FastTrack
Program. The part-time self-study program will enable individuals
to qualify for the October 2004 CMA National Entrance Exam.
CMA Canada - British Columbia is holding CMA Information
Sessions about the 10-month program at 1575-650 West Georgia
every Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm during
the month of November. CMA Canada - British Columbia is hosting
a CMA Information Session about the program on November 20th
and November 26th. Langara College holding another on December
4th. For more information about these sessions, call Jerrick
Barroso at 604-687-5891 ext 232 or email him at jerrick@cmabc.com.
Interested candidates can also schedule a meeting with a CMA
student advisor by calling Jeannine Bauer at 604-687-5891
ext. 235 or emailing her at jeannine@cmabc.com.
CMA Canada - British Columbia will accept applications from
eligible applicants until 4:30 pm on Friday, December 19th
or until seats are no longer available. Offered by Langara
College, the CMA FastTrack Program is available this
January through classroom tutorials or via distance education.
For more information about the program, click
here.
Are your colleagues missing any of
the courses required for admission into the CMA FastTrack
Program? They should
consider taking the six month, part-time CMA FastTrack
Preparation Series available at Langara College in January
2004. Individuals can take any of the six courses individually
or as a series. Individuals who successfully complete the
series qualify for September 2004 admission into the CMA FastTrack
Program. For more information about the CMA FastTrack
Preparation Series available at Langara College, call 604-323-5322
or click
here.
Recent SFU BBA graduate accepts
role as CMA Student Recruitment Manager
 CMA
Canada - British Columbia is pleased to announce the appointment
of Diane Chung to the role of Student Recruitment Manager.
Chung, who graduated with a BBA in marketing and accounting
from Simon Fraser University in 2003, is now studying to challenge
the CMA National Entrance Exam this October.
In her role as Student Recruitment Manager at CMA Canada
- British Columbia, she will help build awareness among students
and faculty at BC's post-secondary institutions. In this capacity,
she will help university and college students discover the
value of the CMA designation and learn about the many career
opportunities open to today's strategic financial management
professionals. Chung will visit key post-secondary institutions
on Vancouver Island and in the Okanagan throughout the year.
In the Lower Mainland, she will be available on campus for
a day each week at BCIT, Simon Fraser University, and the
University of British Columbia.
For more information, full or part-time university or college
students can reach Chung at 1-800-663-9646 or 604-687-5891
ext. 241 or by emailing her at diane@cmabc.com.
Members
on the Move
Congratulations to these members of CMA Canada - British
Columbia who have been recently promoted or accepted a new
career opportunity.
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Mr. Brian H. Englund, BA, CMA
Controller, Coast Engine & Equipment Co., (Tacoma,
WA)
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Ms. Karen Kirkwood, CMA
Chief Operating Officer, North Delta Seafoods Ltd., (Delta) |
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Mr. Denis Leung, CMA candidate
Accounting Manager, PhotoChannel Networks Inc., (Vancouver) |
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Mr. Ji Yoon, BCom, CMA
Corporate Controller, Gemcom Software International Inc.,
(Vancouver) |
Have you made a career move? Email Kim Willoughby at kim@cmabc.com.
CMA Notebook
2003 Convocation Ceremonies
CMA Canada - British Columbia welcomes 215 new graduates
into certified membership at Vancouver's Hyatt Regency Hotel
on Saturday, November 1st. Full page advertisements that introduce
the 215 new CMAs will appear in the Vancouver Sun on November
1st, in the Vancouver Province on November 2nd, and in Business
in Vancouver on November 4th.
Fall 2003 CMA Canada Member and Employer
Surveys
CMA Canada has hired an independent research firm,
Research Dynamics, to conduct an online member survey and
a telephone employer survey across Canada this fall. Research
Dynamics may contact members of CMA Canada - British Columbia
for both surveys. Members who have any inquiries about the
surveys or any feedback to share are encouraged to contact
Richard Benn, CMA, FCMA, Vice President of Market Development
at CMA Canada at 905-949-3104 or by email at rbenn@cma-canada.org.
Recruitment Advertising Campaign
Targeting University and College Students who are Pursuing
Degrees
In October CMA Canada - British Columbia begins its
print advertising campaign targeting full and part-time students
who are pursuing degrees. The ads are designed to generate
awareness and to encourage interested candidates to learn
more about the flexible pathways leading to the CMA designation.
Effective for the October 2006 CMA National Entrance Exam,
all first time exam writers will need a degree as well as
course credit covering the 18 syllabus topic areas to qualify
to challenge the exam.
2004 CMA Canada - British Columbia
Membership Satisfaction Survey
CMA Canada - British Columbia will survey its members in early
2004. The survey will help establish a benchmark for member
satisfaction with available continuing professional education
opportunities.
September 2004 admission into the
CMA Executive Program
Building on the excellence and rigorous standards of existing
CMA accreditation programs, this two year, part-time program
is tailored to meet the needs of today's busy executive. Later
this fall, CMA Canada - British Columbia will offer a CMA
Information Session about the program. For more information,
your colleagues should contact Remo Ferraro at 1-800-663-9646
or 604-687-5891 ext. 238 or email him at remo@cmabc.com.
Policy Change for CMA National Entrance
Exam
Under the existing policy, CMA students who fail the
CMA National Entrance Exam three times can re-qualify for
two more attempts by successfully completing the CMA FastTrack
Program. Effective for the October 2004 CMA National Entrance
Exam, this policy will change. At that time, all CMA students
can challenge the National Exam only twice. A third attempt
may be requested under appeal. More information about this
upcoming policy change will be published under "CMA National
Entrance Exam" on the main menu bar in the coming weeks.
New Members
of CMA Canada - British Columbia
Welcome to the following CMAs who recently relocated
to British Columbia:
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Mr. Keith A. Cox, CMA, Abbotsford
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Mr. Scott F. Gerecke, CMA, Fernie |
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Mrs. Denise Grocutt, CMA, Invermere |
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Mr. David W. Jex, CMA, Prince George
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Mr. Terry Chi Fai Kwan, CMA, Kowloon, Hong
Kong |
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Ms. Patricia M. McDowell, CMA, Sechelt |
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Ms. Bilkis Miyanji, CMA, Port Coquitlam |
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Mr. Michael Rassenti, CMA, Victoria |
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Ms. Wendy Reithofer, Dipl.T, BCom, CMA,
Vancouver |
Our Members in Memoriam
CMA Canada - British Columbia wish to extend its sympathies
to the family and friends of the following member who has
recently passed away:
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Mr. Jonathan D. Goforth, BCom,
CA, CMA (1960), Vancouver |
If you knew this member and would like to send condolences
to his family, contact Director of Operations Rick Lightheart
at 604-687-5891 or 1-800-663-9646 extension 226 or email him
at rlightheart@cmabc.com.
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