CPAWSB recently presented Cathleen Elliot, CPA, CA, with the 2024 CPAWSB Facilitator Award, which recognizes facilitators who have had a notable and positive impact on their candidates and approach their role with a dedication to excellence.

At CPAWSB, we are committed to supporting learners from all backgrounds, including those navigating the CFE through memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with international professional accounting bodies. That is why we launched the Introduction to Capstone 2 and CFE (ITCP2 MOU) initiative in February 2024 and expanded it in 2025 to welcome learners from newly established MOU agreements. The results have been encouraging and continue to highlight the value of active participation.

CPAWSB recently presented Shannon Wong, MET, CPA, with the 2024 CPAWSB Session Leader Award, which recognizes session facilitators who have had a notable and positive impact on their candidates and approach their role with a dedication to excellence.

You’ve earned your CPA designation and you’ve decided to provide public accounting services. The Post-Designation Public Accounting (PDPA) program may be your next step. Whether you're pursuing registration for audit, review, or compilation engagements, the PDPA program can help you qualify to practice public accounting post certification.

Recently, Mandeep Bains, Director of Learner Support at CPAWSB, sat down with a panel of successful CFE writers—people who’ve walked the path, faced the pressure, and come out the other side. Their advice was practical, grounded, and full of wisdom. He has summarized their top tips below, and we hope they help you feel more prepared, more confident, and more supported.

In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day and National Indigenous History Month, the CPA Western School of Business hosted a unique and immersive Spirit Animal Workshop led by Matricia Bauer, a knowledge sharer and entrepreneur originally from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.

Sometimes the small things are the big things. Especially when it comes to writing exams. Recently, a Capstone 2 candidate asked Sam about what they could bring to an examination centre. Read the article to see her response.