New CPA education program reflects Indigenous reality

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New CPA education program reflects Indigenous reality – CPA Canada

by ahnationtalk on July 7, 2023409 Views

7.7.2023

Designed by Indigenous CPAs, the program addresses existing barriers to the accounting profession for Indigenous students

A new way of teaching Indigenous CPA candidates opens doors to the profession that were previously blocked by the systemic barriers the program aims to reduce.

Thanks to the CPA Western School of Business Indigenous education program, offered in Alberta, a new generation of Indigenous CPA candidates are making their way through the CPA curriculum with innovative case studies inspired by Indigenous traditions of shared learning and storytelling.

For the first time, Indigenous CPA candidates are working with Indigenous business cases, such as the young Métis woman who turned her family’s bannock recipe into a retail business, the year-end reporting work of a First Nations-owned beadwork enterprise, and an Inuit man’s professional wildlife photography venture.

The program fills an important gap because it allows Indigenous CPA students to see themselves reflected in the teachings, says Robert Andrews, CPA, executive director of the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association (AFOA) in Alberta and a member of the Blackfoot First Nation.