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University of Western Ontario Students win CA$H
Place first in CA Institute competition
Toronto, Ontario (January 16, 2006) – Three University of Western Ontario Richard Ivey School of Business students came in first in this year’s edition of the Battle for CA$H. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario held its annual competition on January 14 to give teams of university students considering a career as a Chartered Accountant the opportunity to compete, have fun and earn some cash prizes.
The 2006 CA$H winners are:
- 1st Place – University of Western Ontario, represented by Burzin Contractor, Vishwath Kumar and Max Sykes, who win $3,000 plus an additional $1,000 for their school’s accounting club
- 2nd place – McMaster University, represented by Chris Shearman, Paul Ianni and Kedar Rindani, who win $1,500
- 3rd place – York University Schulich School of Business, represented by Alysha Rahim, Sarah Irshad and Felix Tsui, who win $750
- 4th place – University of Toronto St. George Campus, represented by Mulhim Khan, Jane Wong and Bessie Rong, who win $300
- 5th place – University of Waterloo, represented by Simon Kwan, Richard Le Page and Jonathan Sue, who win $300
- 6th place – University of Toronto Mississauga Campus Masters of Management and Professional Accounting program, represented by Sandy Egberts, Shivani Anand and Ramandeep Shergill, who win $300
To win, the three-person student teams took part in a friendly competition stressing the use of Chartered Accounting skills such as teamwork, leadership, organizational ability and time management. Thirty-two teams from 21 schools were run through a skill-testing simulation designed by Eagles Flight to test the participants’ ability to think on their feet and problem solve.
“The competition was excellent this year and all of the students competed hard,” said Duane Soares, Director of Career Information at the Institute. “Everyone had a great time and, even if they didn’t win, we like to think CA$H gave participating students another opportunity to consider becoming a Chartered Accountant, a decision that would certainly make them a sure winner in the long run.”
Other campuses taking part in the competition included:
- Brock University
- Carleton University
- Lakehead University
- Laurentian University
- Nipissing University
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
- Queen’s University
- Ryerson University
- University of Ottawa
- University of Toronto – Scarborough Campus
- University of Western Ontario – Bachelor of Administrative Commercial Studies
- University of Windsor
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- York University – Atkinson College
About the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario is the qualifying and regulatory body of Ontario's 31,000 CAs and 3,500 CA students. Since 1879, the Institute has protected the public interest through the CA profession's high standards of qualification and the enforcement of its rules of professional conduct.The Institute website is: www.icao.on.ca and the student website is www.ca2b.biz.
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To contact participants or obtain photos of the winners, please contact:
Perry Jensen
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
416-969-4271
1-800-387-0735 ext. 271
pjensen@icao.on.ca