Alumni Awards

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Awards Celebration

The SAF Awards Celebration is an evening that brings together our entire School of Accounting and Finance community. Our community is always growing and continues to make us at the School proud. This annual event celebrates our distinguished alumni Honourees and student Fellows in our Fellowship Program; our scholarship recipients and their supporters; as well as honours the recipients of the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award and Leader to Watch Award.

Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award

The School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award (originally titled the "Alumni Achievement Award") was established in 2009 to recognize the accomplishments of the University of Waterloo's School of Accounting and Finance alumni.

The Award was established to provide tangible recognition of alumni who have distinguished themselves through their professional achievements, as well as community service.

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Past recipients of the Oustanding Alumni Achievement Award

Outstanding Achievement Nomination and Selection Process

Achievement and Alumnus Criteria

A nominee should have achieved a notable level of success and participated in activities that inspire peers, other University of Waterloo alumni, and students.

The Selection Committee (defined below) will take into consideration criteria such as, but not limited to:

  • Graduated with an undergraduate and/or graduate degree from the School of Accounting and Finance and/or an accounting designated degree program.
  • Business, entrepreneurship, and/or management accomplishments
  • Volunteer leadership and humanitarian endeavours.

The School of Accounting and Finance alumni will be broadly defined to include graduates from the School of Accounting and Finance undergraduate and/or graduate programs:

This includes Arts/Chartered Accountancy, Math/Chartered Accountancy, Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy, Accounting and Financial Management, Computing and Financial Management, Sustainability and Financial Management, Master of Accounting, Master of Taxation, and PhD in Accounting.

Nomination

The School of Accounting and Finance welcomes nominations for its Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from anyone (alumni, students, faculty, staff, retirees, and members of the public) familiar with the work, character and/or achievements of a University of Waterloo's School of Accounting and Finance alumnus.

To nominate an individual for the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, an online nomination form must be completed and submitted.

Where there is not sufficient room to include all of the pertinent information on the nomination form, nominators are invited to attach additional information and submit directly to Associate Director, Advancement, Sheilaah Guthrie.

All nominations must be received by April 30. Nominations received after April 30th will be considered in the following year.

Selection Process

  1. Call for nominations continues throughout the year. Friends, family, colleagues, faculty members and other alumni may nominate alumni candidates.
  2. All nominations will be reviewed by the Selection Committee.
  3. The Selection Committee will select the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award winner.
  4. The Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award winner will be notified by the Director of the School of Accounting and Finance.
  5. Alumni nominated but not chosen by the Selection Committee will remain in a nomination pool for consideration in subsequent years.

For further information about the Award program or nominations, contact Associate Director, Advancement, Sheilaah Guthrie.

Leader to Watch Award

The School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) Leader to Watch Award (originally titled the "Young Alumni Award") has been established to recognize the accomplishments of the School of Accounting and Finance alumni from the University of Waterloo.

The Leader to Watch Award was established to provide tangible recognition of alumni that have graduated recently, who have distinguished themselves through their professional achievements, and community service.

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Past recipients of the Leader to Watch Award

Leader to Watch Nomination and Selection Process

Achievement and Alumnus Criteria

The Selection Committee will take into consideration criteria such as, but not limited to:

  • Graduated within the last 10 years with an undergraduate and/or graduate degree from the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo and/or an accounting designated degree program.
  • Has achieved notable level of success based upon, but not limited to the following criteria, including activities that inspire their peers, or other recent graduates and current SAF students.
  • Distinguished themselves through their professional achievements and community service

The School of Accounting and Finance alumni will be broadly defined to include graduates from the School of Accounting and Finance undergraduate and/or graduate programs:

This includes Arts/Chartered Accountancy, Math/Chartered Accountancy, Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy, Accounting and Financial Management, Computing and Financial Management, Sustainability and Financial Management, Master of Accounting, Master of Taxation, PhD in Accounting.

Nomination

The School of Accounting and Finance welcomes nominations for its Leader to Watch Award from anyone (alumni, students, faculty, staff, retirees, and members of the public) familiar with the work, character and/or achievements of a University of Waterloo's School of Accounting and Finance alumnus.

To nominate an individual for the Leader to Watch award, an online nomination form must be completed and submitted.

Where there is not sufficient room to include all of the pertinent information on the nomination form, nominators are invited to attach additional information and submit directly to Sheilaah Guthrie, Associate Director, Advancement.

All nominations must be received by April 30. Nominations received after April 30th will be considered in the following year.

Selection Process

  1. Call for nominations continues throughout the year. Friends, family, colleagues, faculty members and other alumni may nominate alumni candidates.
  2. All nominations will be reviewed by the Selection Committee.
  3. The Selection Committee will select the Leader to Watch Award winner.
  4. The Leader to Watch Award winner will be notified by the Director of the School of Accounting and Finance
  5. Alumni nominated but not chosen by the Selection Committee will remain in a nomination pool for consideration in subsequent years.

For further information about the award program or nominations, contact Associate Director, Advancement, Sheilaah Guthrie.

Fellowship Program

The School of Accounting and Finance’s Fellowship Program was established in 2003 and aims to recruit top students by providing them with opportunities to grow and develop, and recognizing their success and accomplishments.

Each Fellowship is named after a distinguished alumnus known as an Honouree.  Honourees are nominated to join the Fellowship Program and serve as a role model for the students.

Fellowship Program Honourees List (PDF)

Alumni on the CFE/UFE Honour Roll

SAF alumni have distinguished themselves on the Common Final Examination (CFE) Honour Roll, formerly the Uniform Final Examination (UFE). The honour roll recognizes individuals with exceptional scores on the three day CPA certification exam.

CFE/UFE Honour Roll Alumni (PDF)

FCPA Designation

The Fellow designation for a CPA is granted to members who have provided exceptional service in both their professions and in their communities. 

The School of Accounting and Finance congratulates all of our alumni that have received this honour in their career.

Nominations are currently closed.  Look out for the Alumni E-Newsletter and the CPAO website to find out when they are accepting nominations.

FCPA Designation Alumni Recipients (PDF)