Early Achievement Award (EAA)

Criteria for the Early Achievement Award

• 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 a significant impact in one or more of the following areas:
  • Volunteer contribution to professional, community, or charitable organizations, 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.
• To avoid any perceived conflict of interest:
  • Members of the CPA Alberta Board of Directors, CPA Alberta Award Nominations Committee, and CPA Alberta Award Review Committee are ineligible for receipt of any CPA Alberta Achievement Award during their terms of service.
  • Members of the CPA Alberta Board of Directors and CPA Alberta Award Review Committee are not permitted to nominate members for any CPA Alberta Achievement Award during their terms of service.

Online Nomination Application and Guidelines

Samples of Supporting Documentation for the Early Achievement Award 

Your nomination should include letters, audio or video files of support, specifically articulating how the nominee has made a remarkable impact 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. 

Multiple support materials articulating the same accomplishment are not required, direct third party validation is preferred.  Content and depth over quantity of support material is necessary. 

• EAA sample of an email sent to an individual to request a letter of support
• EAA support letter guide and sample letter/s of support
• EAA sample impact statement