New Graduates
Graduate Gown Order Information
CGA Manitoba requires all new grads to submit their Gown Order form no later than September 26, 2011. If you have not already done so, please click here to view the Gown Order form, complete and submit this information as soon as possible. Please email your Gown Order form to Sev Trueman, B.A., Administrator, Member Services.
Download Gown Order Form
New Graduate Biography
During the Convocation Ceremony each new CGA is introduced and called on stage to receive their professional certificates. You are encouraged to thank anyone who you feel helped or supported you throughout your studies along with a brief introduction on your educational background and current employment information.
Please Note: To provide all graduates equal opportunity and an orderly ceremony please restrict your Special “Thank You” to 60 or fewer words.
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To ensure that your information is correct and to assist in our preparation and accuracy of your introduction, please complete the New Graduate Biography form and submit no later than October 10, 2011 by fax to 204.453.7176 or email Sev Trueman, B.A., Administrator, Member Services.
Download New Graduate Biography Form
Individual Grad Photos
If you would like to arrange for your own individual grad photo session with Adam York Photography, please contact Frank Adam, at (204) 694-5667.
Diploma Frames
If you would like to order customized diploma frames for your CGA Manitoba and CGA Canada certificates please contact Frames 4Diplomas at www.frames4diplomas.com/cga-mb . Estimated delivery times are 3 to 4 weeks.
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Registering for Conference Seminars and Events
As a new member, you have the special opportunity to attend all professional development seminar offerings free of charge.
New members are encouraged to make the most of their first Conference experience and attend as many seminars/events as they can. Please keep in mind, that although your Conference registration is complimentary, we ask that you still complete a registration form for confirmation purposes.
Seminars
• Effective Meeting-Agendas, Materials, Minutes, Rules of Procedure and More Financial Statement Fraud
• Leadership in a Changing World
• Wills and Trusts
• Liability Concerns for Accountants Who Serve as Directors of Not-for-Profit Corporations
• Transforming the Argument
• Succession & Estate Planning
• Business Diagnostics
• Working in Teams
• Top 10 Charity Risk Factors and How to Manage Them
• Can Change Really Happen?
• Team Building - The Power of Teams to Grow Your Company
• Ethics for the Non-Practitioner
• Cloud Computing
• Reviewing Your Information Security: Safeguard Your Systems and Data
• How to Plan and Succeed in Change Management
• Become a CGA Ambassador
• Tech Tools for Preventing and Detecting Fraud
(Please note: this does not include the Wednesday Lunch presentation and Keynote Dinner presentation, Thursday Breakfast, Luncheon and Dinner presentations, and the Friday Breakfast presentation and CGA Honours and Awards Dinner)
Graduates will also receive two (2) complimentary tickets to the following events:
• CGA Rocks! (Friday)
• President’s Banquet and Ball (Saturday)
Convocation Ceremony
Convocation is an Association sponsored event, and all are welcome to attend free of charge. As a new graduate you are encouraged to invite family, friends, employers and coworkers as you would like. We do ask that all guests are registered for this event as we need to confirm numbers for the Champagne Reception that follows.
To RSVP your guests for the Convocation Ceremony simply:
1. Register online through MyCGA Web Services at www.mycgawebservices.org
2. Complete the CGA Manitoba Conference order form and either mail, fax to 204-453-7176 or email to
strueman@cga-manitoba.org .
For more information and details on Convocation please click here.
Attire: Business, Formal
President’s Banquet & Ball Honouring New Members
A perfect way to cap a day of celebration! This formal dinner featuring a tantalizing menu celebrates CGA’s newest members and their accomplishments along with their friends and family.
Following a short program whereby the Board and visiting dignitaries welcome our new members, dance the night away with Winnipeg’s own, Danny Kramer Band (10-piece). This is a “can’t miss’ event that will round out the special memories of this momentous day.
If you would like to purchase additional tickets for family, friends or both, please do so online.
Tickets are $95.00 each.
Attire: Formal, Black-Tie Optional