2010-11 Member Fees Now Due

Bill 168: Increased Responsibility

Order Your Personalized Personal Tax Planning Booklets

How Do You Promote Your Designation?

We See CGAs Volunteering on Campus

The Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Mastermind Summit – Special Rate for CGAs!

Athabasca University's Fall 2010 Executive MBA Information Sessions

Practitioners' Convention - September 23 to 25

Annual General Meeting - September 24

2010-11 Member Fees Now Due

You may not have received your member invoice in the mail – although we mailed it! In light of this delivery issue, the deadline for paying member dues without being charged a late fee has been extended to September 1, 2010.

If you haven't yet paid your member dues for 2010-11, you can do so online by following these steps:

1. Sign in to www.cga-ontario.org.
2. Choose Renew Membership in the left-hand navigation menu, under My Account.
3. Review your member information for accuracy and currency.
4. Fill out the personal information form and click on “Confirm” at the bottom of the page.
5. Review your membership category and select “add to cart” to proceed to the checkout, where you will be asked to provide your billing information. (The outstanding balance will now reflect your outstanding membership fee); for your security CGA Ontario does not store credit card information. You must provide your credit card information each time you make a payment.

Please note: the balance due will be $0 until you confirm your member category, at which point the correct amount will be automatically added to the field.

What You Should Know About Bill 168

On June 15, 2010, Bill 168 came into effect. This bill introduced changes to the Ontario Health and Safety Act, changes that increase protection for employees from workplace violence and address workplace harassment.

Here are a few of the key points of Bill 168:

• Different processes and requirements for both employers and employees than currently provided for under Human Rights Code.
• Now includes a provision for domestic violence.
• Identification of domestic violence risk.
• Identification of employees with a history of violent behaviour.
  
• Yearly re-assessment.
  
• Reporting of incidents to Ministry of Labour.
• Includes several new definitions.
• Harassment prevention policy.

All workplaces must comply with the new legislation. Compliance means that each workplace must develop and post a workplace violence and harassment policy, review it annually, develop a program fro reporting incidents and then train staff on the policy and process.

For more information on Bill 168, please visit the Preventing Workplace Violence And Workplace Harassment page of the Ontario Ministry of Labour's website.

Order Your Personalized Personal Tax Planning Booklets

Want another way to build your public practice's brand? Why not order personalized covers of the 2010/2011 Personal Tax Planning copies?

Personalization enhances your practice's image by having your firm name, logo and address included on the front of your copies of this popular booklet. In addition to the front cover artwork, you can include your office or partner addresses and telephone numbers on the inside of the book. The inside design and text remains consistent with CGA Ontario's design.

There are two options for personalization:

1) You may have your logo, name and address (to be put on the back cover) incorporated into CGA Ontario's cover design. As per last year, all booklets will reflect CGA Ontario’s overall branding and be similar to the other booklets in our highly regarded and very popular public information booklet series.

Or

2) You can submit four-colour process artwork in Adobe Illustrator. Cover dimensions are 14 cm by 23 cm (5.5 inches by 8.5 inches).

Please order before October 15, 2010. The cost per book is 65 cents. The minimum order is 500 books. To order and for more information, contact Megan Sanderson at 416-322-6520, ext. 8254 or msanderson@cga-ontario.org.

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How Do You Promote Your Designation?

We know how hard you worked to obtain your CGA designation. And as a CGA you are the best advertisement for the CGA brand. So be sure to promote yourself and your designation. Here are some examples of how you can tell others about the value of being a certified general accountant.

• Include the CGA designation on your business card and business correspondence.
• If you are on Facebook, include a link on your own page to the CGA Facebook page.
• Make sure your organization is aware you are a certified general accountant.
• Encourage promising individuals in your organization to consider the CGA program of professional studies.
• Network. Share your expertise.
• Volunteer in your local community, whether by serving on a local board, participating in CGA Ontario's annual tax preparation services, or in many other beneficial ways to you and your Association (sign in to the CGA Ontario website and go to the Volunteer Information section for more ways to volunteer).

Doing any one of these is a great way to maximize the recognition of your designation and the value you bring as a CGA.

We See CGAs Volunteering on Campus

Are you looking for a way to get involved with the Association? The business development team is looking for CGAs to participate in our events at universities and colleges across the province. Events organized by the business development department range from speaking engagements and career fairs to social and networking events.

Volunteer benefits include the opportunity to develop leadership, presentation and facilitations skills; networking opportunities; personal development and gaining a significant sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

The application process is simple:

1. Sign in to www.cga-ontario.org using your id number and password.
2. Go to Volunteer Information in the left-hand navigation menu.
   
3. Then go to Post Secondary Volunteers.
   
4. Complete and submit the form.

You will be contacted by one of the following CGA Ontario business development managers for further discussion:

• Tracey Baker: tbaker@cga-ontario.org (GTA Universities)
• Erin McDonald: emcdonald@cga-ontario.org (Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Hamilton, Barrie, Peterborough, and Niagara Region)
• Stephanie Palisek: spalisek@cga-ontario.org (GTA Colleges)
  
• Lynn Sveinbjornson: lsveinbjornson@cga-ontario.org (Eastern, Southwestern (London-Windsor) and Northern Regions)
  

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Athabasca University's Fall 2010 Executive MBA Information Sessions

Representatives from the Athabasca University MBA program (ranked among the top three in Canada by Canadian Business magazine) will hold information sessions on its online Executive MBA program, presented in partnership with CGA Canada. Each information session will provide a comprehensive overview of the Executive MBA and all other Centre for Innovative Management programs, followed by a question and answer period.

* A light lunch will be served this session. Rooms to be determined.

Each information session provides a comprehensive overview of its Executive MBA followed by a question and answer period.

Price: Free

Contact: To RSVP or for more information call 1-800-561-4650 or email liaison@mba.athabascau.ca.

Click here to view Athabasca University's Executive MBA Information Session web page.

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