Workshops, Concurrent Sessions & Computer Lab

As an IT and Biomedical Engineering project manager for three major hospital projects in northern British Columbia and over 10 years experience in project management, Jesse Priseman provides a place to start - defining project scope, developing communication plans, and identifying risks. Join us for a hands on project management workshop and acquire some simple tips and tricks to set your project in motion.

This course focuses on evaluating current and emerging professional ethical requirements and how they impact decision-making in business while serving employers, clients and the public.

The course begins with a refresher of the Code, then examines in depth a few areas of the Code that are relevant in a wide variety of contexts and can pose challenges requiring significant judgment. Collaborative group activities allow you to explore possible actions and outcomes and to recognize linkages between key ethical requirements.

The course is designed for CPAs who would like a deeper evaluation of the Code. This course builds on your competence in interpreting and applying the CPABC Code of Professional Conduct, and centers on active participation.

Please bring a current copy of the CPA Code of Professional Conduct (hardcopy or electronic) as it will be referred to throughout the course.

Register for morning and afternoon with the same facilitator. 

NOTE: We may open a 1d and 2d if demand necessitates. 

Trevor O’Reilly, CFA, RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel Inc., and Simi Dosanjh, LL.B, Will & Estate Consultant, RBC Wealth Management

Have you dusted off your will recently? Are you comfortable with your current estate plan if something were to happen to you? If not, you are not alone. This session will cover the most important things that you should consider when it comes to wills and estate planning. We will cover various topics and issues, such as: Wills, Incapacity Planning, Executors, Probate and other exciting estate planning topics.

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The legalization and regulation of cannabis production, distribution and sale for non-medical use by adults is the largest change in government policy towards psychoactive substances in decades. Unlike many jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis in the United States, Canadian policymakers linked legalization to several public health benefits, including lower rates of cannabis use by youth. In this session, Dr. Milloy will outline a set of 28 measures to evaluate the public health impacts of cannabis legalization, and summarize the preliminary evidence on the effects of legalization on public health.

British Columbia is experiencing a public health crisis caused by deaths from drug overdoses. Last year was the fourth consecutive year of unprecedented numbers of overdose deaths in the province, underlining calls for new approaches to prevent overdose mortality. Preliminary research from the United States has raised the possibility that cannabis might have a beneficial role to play in addressing the overdose crisis. In Vancouver, studies from three ongoing prospective cohorts of people who use illicit drugs at high risk of overdose have found beneficial associations between frequent cannabis use and drug-related harms. In this session, Dr. Milloy will summarize the overdose crisis and its causes and outline preliminary evidence for cannabis as an intervention to address the opioid overdose crisis.

Karen Sawatsky, Partner; Paulina Prokop, Director, PwC

Indirect Tax

James Capobianco, Partner; Matt Beck, Senior Manager, PwC

There are many technical challenges in the healthcare setting regarding GST. A detailed presentation on options for indirect tax treatment for hospitals/healthcare.

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