In part 2 of our Financial Literacy special, we continue our conversation with Robin Taub CPA, CA, and author of The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life. In this episode, Robin shares her thoughts on money management and how we can learn to build a budget that takes care of our needs while also making room for those things we want.

Straight From the CPA's Mouth presents a two-part Financial Literacy podcast featuring Robin Taub CPA, CA and author of The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life. In this episode, we talk about teaching children the basics of money management.

Season 3 returns with a new episode featuring 2021 CPA Alberta Early Achievement Award recipient, Christine Leung CPA. The Early Achievement Award recognizes early-career CPAs who have made significant achievements in their first 10 years. We sat down with Christine for a conversation about her work, her volunteer experience, and her advice for post-secondary students and CPA candidates.

We close out National Indigenous History Month and Season Two of Straight From the CPA’s Mouth with the final episode of our three-part special exploring the topics of equity, representation, and racism in the CPA profession and in Canada. Here we continue the conversation with Robert Andrews CPA, CMA with an eye towards the future of what an equitable world might look like.

Conversations about equity, diversity, and inclusion belong at the forefront of progress. Part two of our three-part special in honour of National Indigenous History Month, continues our conversation with Robert Andrews CPA, CMA exploring the topics of equity, representation, and racism in the CPA profession and in Canada.

As the profession continues to grow, it’s important that we continue having meaningful conversations about uncomfortable, or complicated, subjects. As part of National Indigenous History Month, we’re proud to host this three-part special, where we’ll explore the topic of equity, representation, and racism in the CPA profession and in Canada. In this episode, Robert Andrews CPA, CMA, Executive Director for the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Alberta, joins our guest host and member of CPA Alberta’s Anti-Racism Working Group, Sharon Ruyter, to share his thoughts on racism with an eye towards the future of what an equitable world might look like.

Do you have a hobby, or something you’re passionate about, and wonder if it’d make a good business? Believe it or not, but you can turn your hobby – or your passion – into a business. In this episode, we speak with Conrad Ferrel CPA, CA, Founder and CEO of True Büch Kombucha about his motivation behind starting True Büch with his wife Louisa, the operational and social impact of the pandemic, and his advice for those interested in taking that next step.

While the search for intelligent life in the universe continues, human accomplishments in space research continue. For Albertans, there are exciting projects happening closer to home. In January 2021, the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus opened the Hesje Observatory, located at the Augustana Miquelon Lake Research Station. Funded through a generous gift from Alberta CPA and business leader, Brian Hesje FCPA, FCA, the observatory aims to “share the stars” with anyone interested in learning more about astronomy. In this episode, we speak with Brian about his motivation behind supporting this project, and we learn more about the observatory from Rae Metrunec, Hesje Observatory Technician and Augustana alumnus.

In this episode, we continue our conversation with psychologist, author and public speaker Dr. Jody Carrington. Last time, we discussed the challenges of living through periods of isolation, emotional dysregulation, and fatigue thanks to a very long, COVID year. Part 2 will focus on acknowledging those feelings, and we’ll explore how to work through emotions and continue to support one another.

Alberta has recently passed its one year anniversary of living and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s definitely been a rollercoaster of a year and while “we are wired to do hard things,” hard things tend to take its toll. Psychologist, author and public speaker Dr. Jody Carrington joins us for a special two part series to take a health check on how Albertans are coping with the emotional impact of COVID fatigue and how we will get through this together.