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CGA Ontario hosts annual accounting contest $50,000 available for post-secondary students to win

TORONTO, ON, February 16, 2010 — The Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA Ontario) hosts a one hour online accounting contest March 17, 2010 for post-secondary school students enrolled at a college or university in Ontario. Here’s how it works:
 

• Students need to register and choose their own individual level of difficulty for the contest no later than Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at www.cga-ontario.org/contest.

• Login Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by 3 p.m. and they’re set.

Basic and Intermediate: 100 Multiple Choice Financial Accounting Questions
1st place = $4,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
2nd place = $2,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
3rd place = $1,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.

Intermediate and Advanced: 100 Multiple Choice Financial Accounting Questions
1st place = $5,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
2nd place = $3,000 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.
3rd place = $1,500 cash and a $5,000 scholarship towards the CGA program of studies.

The competition begins promptly at 4 p.m. and lasts exactly one hour.

More incentive to win – The university or college that boasts a first-place winner in either level receives a donation of $5,000 from CGA Ontario awarded to its accounting department.

Individual Institution Prizes – A cash prize of $100 and a scholarship worth $1,000 towards the CGA program will be awarded to the winning student from each institution that has students registered.

A career you can count on – 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 19,000 CGAs and approximately 8,000 students working towards their designation.

www.cga-ontario.org / www.seeyourway.org / www.cga-yourcareer.org / www.facebook.com/cga  
 

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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