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GHC: GORDON H. COWPERTHWAITE CENTRE
FOR ACCOUNTING EDUCATION

 

 

About Gordon Cowperthwaite

School of Accounting & Finance
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567
Fax: 519-888-7562

Dr. Howard Armitage, Ph.D, FCMA
Director
Office in Hagey Hall, room 289D
Send e-mail to howard@uwaterloo.ca
Phone 888-4567 ext.5776

Funding for the Gordon H. Cowperthwaite Professional Accounting Education Centre (GHC Centre) is provided by the late Mr. Gordon H. Cowperthwaite and the Peat Marwick Thorne (KPMG) Educational Foundation to improve accounting education at the University of Waterloo and elsewhere in Canada.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Provide funds to support the development of curriculum and educational materials such as textbooks, cases, class notes, and electronic instructional material.
  2. Sponsor symposia, conferences, workshops, or other forums for disseminating new instructional methods and material.
  3. Sponsor visitors, consultants, and other pedagogical experts from outside the School of Accounting and Finance to assist in developing curricula and instructional material.
  4. Provide funds to assist University of Waterloo accounting faculty to improve their teaching material and skills by attending educational symposia, workshops, conferences or universities where accounting education innovation projects are underway.
  5. KPMG funds will be used to fund research and development of teaching materials in the area of complex financial instruments as applied to accounting and auditing.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The board of trustees ensures that representation is maintained in the Centre between the University of Waterloo and the accounting profession.

Membership:

Martha Dunlop, FCA (Chair)

Gordon Fowler, FCA

John Cowperthwaite, FCA

Howard Armitage, FCMA (Director - Gordon H. Cowperthwaite Centre)

Alister Mason, FCA, FCMA (Director - School of Accountancy)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Since 1994, the GHC Educational foundation has provided over $500,000 to support educational projects at the University of Waterloo. Examples of project funding include:

A New Introduction to Accounting (ANITA) Educational Research Project

Teaching Activity-Based Management: A Team-based Problem Solving Approach Using Storyboards

Development of Integration and Analysis Case Materials for Advanced Financial Accounting

A Multi-Media Approach to Enhancing Accounting Instruction

Bringing a Decision-Making Approach to Tax Education

Development of a Masters Level Value-based Management course

Development of Video Conferencing Technology Expertise

WATCASE - An Integrated Case Competition for School of Accounting & Finance Students Used by All Fourth Year Students

Incorporating the Legal Environment into a New Course for Accountants

Multi-Media and Self-paced Learning Approaches to Management Accounting Education

Development of Business Information Technology Conference

Submission Guidlines

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Dr. Howard Armitage, Director
e-mail: howard@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x5776.