A group of SAF students swept the competition in Poland and take home the trophy in the 2024 CFA Institute's Research Challenge global finals.
The School of Accounting and Finance hosted its annual Alumni Excellence Gala on May 9th in Toronto with the company of faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors and SAF supporters.
Congratulations to a team of students from the University of Waterloo who won the CFA Institute Research Challenge at the global finals in Poland.
A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University offers crucial insights into creating fairer employee reward systems and enhancing team dynamics.
SAF Professor Kelsey Matthews, a co-author of the study, emphasizes the importance of mandatory explanations to mitigate self-interested biases among team members, particularly those with lower abilities.
A group of University of Waterloo Student Venture Fund members and students from undergraduate and graduate programs are victorious in the Venture Capital Investment Competition.
The Inaugural Hub for Sustainability Integration Conference took place on March 21st at the Delta Hotel in Toronto. The day was filled with informative presentations and panel discussions from some of the country’s most knowledgeable sustainability integration and climate advocates.
The Contemporary Issues in Sustainability Reporting Symposium, co-organized by Professors Liz Demers and Mingyue Zhang on behalf of the CPA Ontario Centre for Sustainability and Performance Management (CSPM), brought together thought leaders from academia and business to explore and discuss contemporary issues in sustainability reporting.
Ken Klassen is the 2023 recipient of the American Taxation Association’s (ATA) Outstanding Service Award.
Dr. Tisha King, professor at Waterloo’s School of Accounting and Finance, collaborated on a research project to find and pay homage to Canada’s first Black accounting professionals in honour of Black History Month.
The 2024 MAS midyear meeting was held in Florida on January 4-6. Several School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) faculty members were in attendance and many were celebrated for their outstanding achievements in the field of accounting.
The Management Accounting Section (MAS) is designed to stimulate and improve the teaching of, research in, and practice of accounting by fostering development, testing and discussion of methods and materials, as well as course offerings.