Post-Secondary Institutions Resources

​The below-listed resources are freely available for use by any post-secondary institution. It is strongly encouraged to orient yourselves with the materials and adjust to suit for your teaching style and circumstances. Also, the profession welcomes feedback on how the materials are serving you or could be improved.

How can students best prepare for a career as a CPA while in university??

  • Join the commerce and business societies.
  • Take advantage of a co-op program.
  • Get to know the CPA profs (there are plenty!)
  • Start their CPA professional studies after graduation and be a CPA member before they are even 25 years old.

Promotional Videos

What do you like most about your job? Do you work only with numbers? Why should I become a CPA? Five inspiring CPAs in the Atlantic provinces provide answers to these questions.

My Way to CPA Series Why Become a CPA? Series So you’re still working towards your degree and you want to be a CPA?

Promotional Materials

Unique Career Advantages of Being a CPA Handout CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) Brochure

Helpful Links

Elibility Requirements Transfer Credit Guides CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) CPA Preparatory Courses

CPA Canada Resources

The certification resource centre (CRC) Resources for the CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) Resources for CPA preparatory courses Academic Integrity and the Use of Artifcial Intelligence (AI) CPA Canada’s Academic and professional policies

Student Recruitment Advisors

For questions or guidance on these materials, you are encouraged to contact the CPA Atlantic School of Business or contact your regional Student Recruitment Advisor.

NOVA SCOTIA

Danielle Wisen
e. ns-advisor@cpaatlantic.ca
t. 902.334.1174

NEW BRUNSWICK & PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Camille Ferland
e. nb-advisor@cpaatlantic.ca
pe-advisor@cpaatlantic.ca
t. 506-800-0725

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR & BERMUDA

Danielle Jackson
e. nl-advisor@cpaatlantic.ca
bm-advisor@cpaatlantic.ca

t. 709.753.3090

The CPA designation gives you the set of skills to do anything.
Lindsay Power, CPA, CMA, MBA
Senior Business Analyst - Strategic Projects, StandardAero
You have this massive family of CPAs on which you can lean on and use as much as you can, as often as you can.
Craig Farewell, CPA
Co-owner & Director of Operations, Banished Brewing & Brewdock
The skills you acquire through the CPA program prepare you to lead in any organization and in any industry.
Courtney Burns, CPA
President and CEO, Greater Moncton International Airport Authority Inc.
It’s the differentiator when someone has a stack of resumes. People with a CPA designation will stand out.
Leah Boody, CPA, CMA
President, Pineapple Bytes
The CPA designation first ignited my entrepreneurial spirit. It certainly helped me get to where I am right now.
David Arsenault, CPA
President, Arsenault Properties
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