CPA Alberta Achievement Awards

The CPA Alberta Achievement Awards recognize individuals whose achievements in their career, the community, and the profession have brought honour to the profession. Recognition is given in four categories: Early Achievement, Distinguished Accomplishment, Fellows of the Chartered Professional Accountants, and Lifetime Achievement*.

CPA Alberta Early Achievement Award (EAA)

Criteria:

• A Chartered Professional Accountant who is a member of CPA Alberta in good standing.
• The individual has had a significant achievement in the first 10 years as a CPA in Canada or as a designated accountant anywhere in the world. Members are eligible for nomination for this award up to their 10th anniversary of membership.
• The individual has demonstrated:
  • Commitment and excellence in community or volunteer services (e.g., civic, political, charitable, professional, business, or industry association), or
  • Excellence, innovation, or remarkable accomplishment in one’s accounting career or the field of accounting in general.
• Generally, recognition is given for activities since the member received their designation or during the period when they were an accounting student.
• EAAs are not granted posthumously, the date of granting is the date of the CPA Alberta Board of Directors’ meeting at which awards are adjudicated.
• An individual may only receive an EAA once.

CPA Alberta Distinguished Accomplishment Award (DAA)

Criteria for CPAs:

• A Chartered Professional Accountant who is a member of CPA Alberta in good standing.
• The individual has made a significant achievement within the last five years as demonstrated by:
  • Commitment and excellence in community or volunteer services (e.g., civic, political, charitable, professional, business or industry association), or
  • Excellence, innovation or remarkable accomplishment in their career or the field of accounting in general, or
  • Mentor excellence, by significantly contributing to the development of young CPAs and their ability to exercise sound professional judgment.
• The DAA may be presented to an FCPA.
• DAAs are not granted posthumously, the date of granting is the date of the CPA Alberta Board of Directors’ meeting at which awards are adjudicated.
• A DAA may be received more than once.

Criteria for non-CPAs:

• The individual has made a significant achievement within the last five years which positively contributes to the accounting profession and/or to the professional development of CPAs, as demonstrated by:
  • Significant support to the CPA Alberta profession, or
  • Significant leadership or accomplishment in the field of accounting or business generally, provided there is a direct connection or benefit to the CPA Alberta profession, or
  • Mentor excellence, by significantly contributing to the professional development of young Alberta CPAs and their ability to exercise sound professional judgment.
• DAAs are not granted posthumously; the date of granting is the date of the CPA Board meeting at which awards are adjudicated.
• A DAA may be received more than once.

CPA Alberta Fellowship Award (FCPA)

Criteria:

• A Chartered Professional Accountant who is a member of CPA Alberta in good standing, who, in the opinion of the Board, has rendered meritorious service to the profession or whose career achievements or achievements in the community have brought honour to the profession, may by resolution of two-thirds of the Board members be elected a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants.
• The individual will have demonstrated throughout their careers exceptional leadership, performance and made continuous remarkable contributions in one, two, or all three of the following areas:
  • professional career, and/or
  • volunteer commitment to the accounting profession, and/or
  • volunteer contribution to the professional, community, or charitable organizations.
• Members who reside outside the province of Alberta may be considered for an FCPA for the following reasons:
  • contributions relevant to the Alberta CPA profession or community, and/or
  • exceptional service to the Canadian or international CPA profession.
• FCPAs are not granted posthumously, the date of granting is the date of the CPA Alberta Board of Directors’ meeting at which awards are adjudicated.
• Member of CPA Alberta Award Nominations Committee, CPA Alberta Award Review Committee, and the CPA Alberta Board of Directors are ineligible for receipt of any CPA Alberta Achievement Award during their terms of service.      

Lifetime Achievement Award*

*Lifetime Achievement Awards are determined by the CPA Alberta Board of Directors and are not open to nomination from the membership.

The 2023-2024 awards online application tool will be available soon!

To view the 2022-23 Achievement Awards Online Application Guidelines, click here.

To view an example of a Support Letter for an Achievement Awards online application, click on the links below:

• EAA application
• DSA application
• FCPA application

To view an example of a Biography for an Achievement Awards online application, click on the links below:

• EAA application
• DSA application
• FCPA application
  

Please email awards@cpaalberta.ca if you have any questions.