School of Accounting and Finance

Fellowship and Honouree Program


Program Objectives: Develop outstanding leaders and future professionals by recruiting excellent students and providing them with additional opportunities to grow and develop.

The Fellowship Program of the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) was established in 2003 with the first class of students entering the Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management program and we now have over 80 students in the program.

The Fellowship Program supports undergraduate students enrolled in the University of Waterloo's Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) program. The primary objective of the SAF Fellowship Program is to develop outstanding leaders and future professionals by recruiting excellent students, providing them with additional opportunities to grow and develop, and recognizing their achievements.

Each Fellow is named after an Honouree; thus each Fellow becomes the "name of the Honouree" Fellow of the School of Accounting and Finance. The “naming “ of each Fellowship after an illustrious alumnus provides an opportunity for the School of Accounting and Finance to recognize the achievements and support of the School by the alumnus.  In addition, this provides the Fellows with role models who could be helpful to their own professional objectives. Nominations of University of Waterloo alumni who exemplify the spirit of the program are welcome.

The SAF Fellowship offers students three types of benefits:

  1. Financial Aid (up to $7000 over four years)
  2. Professional Development Opportunities
  3. Recognition

 

 


Fellowships are awarded to approximately 10% of each class of AFM students. The Fellowship Program will fill the number of Fellowships available for a particular incoming class with newly admitted students, and with students beginning Year 2 for the remaining places.

Recipients are selected based on:

  • academic performance,
  • demonstrated leadership qualities,
  • involvement in extracurricular activities,
  • enthusiasm for the opportunities that the Fellowship Program has to offer and,
  • commitment to participating in those opportunities.

To assess these attributes in incoming AFM students, the SAF takes into consideration:

  • the student’s academic average,
  • performance on the Accounting and Financial Management Admissions Assignment (AFMAA),
  • the Admissions Information Form (AIF), and
  • an interview.

To assess these attributes in Year 2 and Upper-year students, the SAF takes into consideration:

  • the student’s academic performance at UW (minimum cumulative overall average and Major Average of 80%),
  • a review of their e-Portfolio,
  • a letter of reference from SAF faculty or staff, and
  • an interview.

 

 

Criteria for nomination of Fellowship Honouree:

  • must be an alumnus of the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo, and
  • must have achieved significant academic advancement, or
  • must have made a noteworthy contribution to any of the following:
    • the accounting profession (FCA, FCMA, etc),
    • their firm,
    • the community

Nominate an alumnus today!

For more information contact Grant Russell.

 

Awards Dinner 2011
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Awards Dinner 2009
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Fellowship Reception 2005
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Fellowship Reception 2004
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2011

Tracey Riley, Aly Hadibhai, Bryan P. Lee, Chester R. Dawes, Dianne L. McMullen, John Gort, John Wonfor, John Gallinger, Laura Da Re, Russ Weir, Nancy Lala, Steven G. McBoyle, Cynthia McIntyre, Anish Chopra, Nicole D'Souza, Scott Shannon, Dave Middleton, Geoff Hayes, Gord Kilpatrick, Juli-ann Gorgi, Cristina Shortt, Hannah Chow, Cindy Veinot

2010

Catherine Wong, Tiffany Hu, Adam Laiken, Derek Chu, Diana Dunlop, Tracy Mann, Ken Grondin, Sabrina Nazzani, Margo Longwell, Hannah Chow, Christy MacDonald, Larry Patterson, John Eadie, Benita Brown, Ohad Lederer, Kris Hoang, Quoc Hoang, Aazar Zafar, Donna Psutka, Devan Mescall

2009

Ben Cornell, Bruce West, Christine M. Donaldson, Federica Nazzani, Howard M. Armitage, Jose R. Hernandez, Krista Heuston, Marrianne Bridge, Spencer Bibby, Tushaar Lakhotia, Mark Eamer, Amit Seth, Eric Hirst, Shana A. de Hernandez, Joe Catalfamo, Susan Krische, Sue Reibel, Jeff Good, Norman Woo, Jodie Lobana

2008

Brian Leader, Kenneth Klassen, Carrie Boutcher, Mike Garvey, Janice Deganis, Andrew Bauer, Tim Bauer, Lynn Wilson, Chuck Ormrod, Kevin Strain, Hurb Jackson Kumaasi, Bill Scott, Janet Denys-Ainslie, Bryan Alldred, Shikha Gandhi, Brenda Brazier, Don Brazier, Barbara Chiu, Sharon Ng Hayes, Pam Egan, Rob O'Connor, Jay Chai

2007

Paul Langill, Alison Jackson, Margaret Shackell-Dowell, Elizabeth Demers, Tracy Elop, Jessica Chiu, Jill Pletsch, Suzanne Patfield, Alexandra Hardy, Bill Cummings, Mike Dean, Theresa Libby, Angela McNeill, Jane Ritchie, Cary List


Fellowship Society

Please click on the link for a complete list off all Honourees who are part of the Fellowship Society.

SAF
The School of Accounting and Finance is the only English speaking professional school of its kind in Canada. We offer 2 undergraduate (Accounting and Financial Management and Computing and Financial Management) and 3 graduate (Master of Accounting; Master of Taxation; PhD in Accounting) programs to provide students with the technical, analytical, evaluative, and communication skills needed to prepare for successful careers in public accounting, finance, industry, government and not-for-profit sectors. In conjunction with the Faculties of Mathematics and Science, the School also administers 2 undergraduate programs (Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy; Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy) and 1 graduate program (Master of Quantitative Finance).