Conversation with a CPA

CPABC’s Student Recruitment team hosted a series of short 30-45 minute webinars featuring some of our CPA members from different sectors of the accounting field. Each speaker shared their CPA journey and answered questions from the audience about a career in accounting.

Click links below to watch the webinar recordings.

  • September 24, 2024 (Q&A portion not included) - Dana Gunn, CPA, Manager, Corporate Income Tax and Integrated Operations (Income Taxation Branch), BC Public Service; David Turpin, CPA, CGA, Audit Project Manager, Consumer Taxation Audit Branch, BC Public Service
  • April 23, 2024 (Q&A portion not included) - Kurtis Formosa, CPA, Accounting & Tax Instructor at Douglas College
  • March 21, 2024 (Q&A portion not included) - Abby Villeneuve, CPA, Manager, High Net Worth, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
  • November 29, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Brittany Morrison, CPA, Senior Accountant, Finance Operations, iGaming, British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC)
  • September 20, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - David Quon, MBA, CPA, CMA, Chief Financial Officer, Mainland Machinery Ltd.
  • August 30, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Jenna Byfield, CPA, MPAcc, Financial Controller, Northern Lights Estate Winery Ltd.
  • June 29, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Ashay Gupta, CPA, Manager, Capital Budgets, Financial Planning & Analysis, City of Vancouver
  • April 12, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Gagan Sivia, CPA, CGA, Co Principal and Director, Finance & Analytics, Azure Properties Group | Teaching Faculty, BCIT School of Business
  • March 29, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Andrea Kwong, CPA, Controller, Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School
  • February 22, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Danna Chan, CPA, CA, Partner, Chan Nowosad Boates Inc., Chartered Professional Accountants
  • January 25, 2023 (Q&A portion not included) - Betty Mak, CPA, CA, CPA (New Hampshire), Director, Tax, Maxar Technologies
  • November 30, 2022 (Q&A portion not included) - Vishal Hiralal, CPA, CA, Owner, Cinephile Accounting
  • October 27, 2022 (Q&A portion not included) - Earl Reyes, CPA, CMA, Director of Business Enablement, JUDI.AI
  • September 22, 2022 (Q&A portion not included) - Reena Bienko, CPA, CA, Manager, Corporate Accounting and FP&A, Kriska Transportation Group
  • August 30, 2022 - Selena Woo, CFP, CPA, CMA, Vice President, Advisory Services – Associates & Operations, Nicola Wealth
  • July 27, 2022 - Zahra Baghdadi, CPA, CGA, Financial Controller, RTB LLP & Founder, Crunch TimeZ Virtual CFO Services
  • June 29, 2022 - George Fisher, MBA, CPA, CGA, Instructor of Accounting, Douglas College; Textbook Author
  • May 25, 2022 - Robert Bullock, CPA, CGA, Chief Executive Officer, Saa'men Economic Development & Owner, FirstNationsPartners.net
  • April 26, 2022 - Shelagh Rinald, FCPA, FCA, CFP, TEP, President, Rinald Tax Advisory Inc.
  • March 29, 2022 - June Lee, CPA, CMA, Committee Review Officer, BC Public Service
  • February 28, 2022 - Robert An, CPA, CGA, FCCA (UK), CFP, CLU, Wealth Strategist, CIBC Private Wealth
  • January 25, 2022 - Gail Thiessen, CPA, CMA, Finance Manager, Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada
  • November 24, 2021 - Janeen Sam, CPA, CA, Co-Founder, SamKabwe Consulting
  • October 27, 2021 - Tommy Kwok, MBA, CPA, CGA, Senior Strategy Manager, Marketing, Strategy & Data Insights, TELUS
  • September 30, 2021 - Christine Woodington, CPA, CGA, Corporate Accountant, Coal Island Ltd.
  • August 31, 2021 - Joyce Fung, CPA, CA, Senior Financial Analyst, British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC)
  • July 28, 2021 - Jeffery Chapman, CPA, CMA, Partner, Family Business & Wealth Advisor, Covenant Family Wealth Advisor
  • June 28, 2021 - Bridgit Grundling, CPA, Senior Accountant, Inventory Accounting, lululemon athletica
  • May 26, 2021 - Kathryn Sensel, CPA, CMA, Associate Director of Finance, Animal Care Services, University of British Columbia
  • April 29, 2021 - Jayson Columbus, CPA, CMA, Vice President, Finance & Administration, Northam Beverages
  • March 30, 2021 - Robin Wong, CPA, CA, Financial & Reporting Analyst, Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia
  • Feb. 23, 2021 - Amanda Collinge, CPA, CGA, Senior Manager, Operations Performance and Rapid Response Team | Western Co-Chair, National Inclusion Council, Raymond James Ltd.
  • Jan. 19, 2021 - Albert Law, CPA, CA, Director, Fiscal Planning, Treasury Board Staff, Ministry of Finance
  • Nov. 19, 2020 - Maneisha Sandhu, CPA, Tax Manager, PwC
  • Oct. 22, 2020 - Tsveta Anagnostos, CPA, CA, Virtual CFO, Frontier CFO Services Inc.