Corporate Sponsors

The OBEA is proud to have two professional organizations serving as our sponsors:

Certified General Accountants

Certified General Accountants CGA Ontario is pleased to offer a number of excellent teacher resources, including the School Accounting Modules (SAM). Designed for high school students in grades 11 and 12, SAM's five computer-based accounting modules allow students to learn and apply their bookkeeping and accounting skills. We also arrange for local CGAs to visit your classrooms, and offer several audio/visual and Internet resources for independent use. CGA Ontario is pleased to continue its support of OBEA and its annual accounting contest. For more information, contact Chris Buyers at cbuyers@cga-ontario.org.

Link: http://www.cga-ontario.org

Certified Management Accountants

Certified Management Accountants As the pre-eminent North American organization shaping financial and strategic management professionals to lead successful enterprises, CMA Canada is committed to supporting and encouraging the pursuit of excellence - not only among our 44,000 members, but also among the secondary school students who will be the business leaders of tomorrow.

Our goal is to foster and recognize student excellence - in academics and in the community. We want to encourage students across Ontario to develop their leadership qualities and abilities, and provide encouragement to pursue business studies at the secondary school and university levels. Please e-mail highschool@cma-ontario.org or call (416) 204-3103 to book a classroom presentation.

Link: http://www.cma-ontario.org

Investor Education Fund

Investor Education Fund Free Financial Education Program

Investor Education Fund (IEF) can help you meet expectations, integrate DI strategies and incorporate financial literacy in your lessons.

Free classroom-ready resources developed by pedagogical experts
Curriculum-based student competitions with cash prizes and you can receive a plaque for your school
Financial Securities Portfolio Competition (gr 11-12)
Financial Reality Check (gr 11-12) * Saving and Investment Challenge (gr 9-10)
Multimedia resources including e-learning modules, videos, quizzes, calculators and worksheets
Funny Money for High School Program (assembly, videos, tool kit)
Custom-designed professional development workshops
Teacher award

IEF resources will free teacher resources, students competitions and award program will help you engage students in their learning. For more information, visit

Link:
http://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/education-programs/for-teachers/Pages/default.aspx

Sage Software

Sage Software By providing Canadian educators with the latest versions of our award-winning software, we give students the skills they need to succeed when they enter the work force.

As an educator, you want to help your students succeed. And at Sage Software, we can help you reach that goal. To that end, we are pleased to introduce our Educational Partner Program, which provides the latest version of Simply Accounting Pro (French or English) free of charge for use in your classroom.* Currently we are offering Simply Accounting by Sage Pro 2005 or 2006 for teaching purposes. We know that the availability of textbooks determines the version that schools teach. Currently textbooks are available from third party publishers for version 2005. Textbooks for version 2006 will be available in the summer of 2006. Please check with the publisher for more detailed information.

*Plus any applicable shipping fees.

Links:
http://www.sagesoftware.com
http://www.simplyaccounting.com/ce/Education/Educators/

Important Dates

Student Awards
October 5, 2013

Fall Conference
November 2, 2013

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