This Centre raises the standard of tax education in Canada through collaboration between tax academics and those who employ tax professionals.
Goals
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Identify the knowledge and skills that are needed by young tax professionals entering the marketplace
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Identify the best practices to help students learn and develop
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Build a national reputation for tax pedagogy
Rationale
The School is the best place to establish the Centre because the SAF already has:
- The strongest tax programs in Canada at both the undergraduate and graduate levels – BAFM, Math/CPA, Biotech/CPA, MAcc, MTax, PhD
- Significant connections with both the professional tax community and the academic tax community
- A strong interest in tax pedagogy
Results
Enhanced educational programs in tax at the undergraduate and graduate levels across Canada.
Educational Outcomes
- Teaching and learning leaders in tax
- Graduates prepared for a career in taxation
- Professional and academic communities engaged to inform our teaching/learning
- Students attracted to professional tax education
Educational Activities
-
Hold
a
Teaching
and
Learning
Tax
Conference
- Academics and practitioners collaborate -
Collaborate
with
the
Centre
for
Teaching
Excellence
(CTE)
- to develop and deliver key learning outcomes
- to continue our study on bottlenecks, threshold concepts and teaching for understanding -
Young
Tax
Professionals
- develop "Young Tax Professional" groups for students who have a strong interest in tax
- bring speakers in to talk to students about careers in tax and other special topics
This Centre does not deliver courses in our undergraduate or graduate programs.