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2010 Accounting Contest Winners

CGA Ontario Congratulates Accounting Contest Winners

TORONTO, ON, May 25, 2010 — The Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA Ontario) congratulates the post-secondary school winners of the 2010 one hour online accounting contests, in addition to paying tribute to all who took the time to participate in the annual contest. The individual winners are as follows:

Basic to Intermediate Winners:
 

Basic to Intermediate: 100 Multiple Choice Financial Accounting Questions
1st place – Supriya Sehgal of Centennial College and Peter Buttigieg of University of Toronto Mississauga, winning $4,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
2nd place – Sixian Situ of Algonquin College and Yuhua Li of Algonquin College, winning $2,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
3rd place – Ahmad Zuberi of York University, Schulich School of Business and Yan LI of Queen's University, winning $1,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.

Intermediate to Advanced Winners:

Intermediate to Advanced: 100 Multiple Choice Financial Accounting Questions
1st place – Haig Minassian of Seneca College and Katty Chau of Wilfred Laurier University , winning $5,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
2nd place – Omar Iqbal of McMaster University and Gena Jiang of University of Toronto, winning $3,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
3rd place – Brett Fitzpatrick of Fanshawe College and Vicky Au of University of Waterloo winning $1,500 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.

The schools that boasted first-place winner at both levels received a donation of $5,000 from CGA Ontario awarded to its accounting department.

CGAs are accounting and finance professionals with a difference. Diverse and highly skilled, they have achieved a respected designation through rigorous academic training and intense real-world experience. They’re trained to look beyond the numbers, drawing on their broad learning and individual strengths to facilitate problem solving and provide leadership across industries and within changing business realities. The CGA designation tells an employer that a prospect is well equipped to add value to the organization no matter what the future brings.

Certified general accountants see more than numbers. CGA Ontario is a self-governing body that grants the exclusive rights to the CGA designation, and controls the professional standards, conduct and discipline of its members and students in the province of Ontario. In Ontario, there are more than 20,000 CGAs and approximately 8,000 students working towards their designation.

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For more information:

Amy Mulhern, Manager, Public Relation, CGA Ontario
Telephone: 416-544-4781 / 1-800-668-1454 ext. 8311
Email: amulhern@cga-ontario.org