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CGA Ontario's 2011 Online Accounting Contest

CGA Ontario offers $50,000 in prizes with online accounting contest

TORONTO, ON, January 17, 2011 — The Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA Ontario) launches its annual one hour online accounting contest which takes place March 16, 2011. Eligible students must be enrolled at a college or university in the province of Ontario. Once registered, students can choose between two levels of difficulty; both offering cash and scholarship prizes.

Here’s how it works: 

• First, sign up at cga-ontario.org/contest and obtain a user name, password, and choose your level of difficulty for the contest by Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

• On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, login by 3 p.m. The competition begins promptly at 4 p.m. and lasts one hour.
  

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

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

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 20,000 CGAs and approximately 8,000 students working towards their designation.

www.cga-ontario.org / www.cga-domore.org / www.facebook.com/cga 
Rules and Regulations for the CGA Ontario Accounting Contest

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For more information: Amy Mulhern, Manager, Public Relation, CGA Ontario
Telephone: 416-544-4781 / 1-800-668-1454 ext. 8311 / Mobile: 416-606-5860
Email: amulhern@cga-ontario.org