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For Global Entrepreneurship Week, the University of Waterloo is spotlighting some incredible entrepreneurs making a difference for humanity and our world.

School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) alum Jade Choy (BAFM ’17) co-founded Epoch alongside her brother Keith Choy (BAFM ’16, MAcc ’16) and close friend Michael Miller. Like many of her Accounting and Finance peers at Waterloo, Choy was on a more traditional career path — aiming for a future in management consulting. However, a side project related to non-profit work sparked a much larger idea, one that would eventually evolve into Epoch.

Widely regarded as one of the most challenging professional exams in Canada, the CFE spans three days and rigorously tests not only technical accounting knowledge but also problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.  

This makes Rebecca Lee's (MAcc ’23) 2023 Provincial Gold Medal win an extraordinary achievement—one that will undoubtedly illuminate her career for years to come.

School of Accounting and Finance alum, Benjie Thomas (PDAcc '98), is the new CEO of KPMG in Canada.

It’s not every day that two siblings are interested in, admitted to, and graduate from the same specialized undergraduate and master's programs.  

Meet Ben and Katie Ma, an extraordinary duo that we caught up with recently in honour of Family Day. 

Terrorist attacks and mass shootings are devastating for the people and communities they affect. These events impact our society in many ways, including perhaps unexpectedly, by changing how big companies calculate and report their earnings.

A recent study by Professor Seda Oz from the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo explains why.

Researcher from the School of Accounting and Finance explores how nonmonetary factors impact contestant behavior and effort levels