Welcome to The Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA), an organization of accounting educators, professional accountants, and others who are involved in, or concerned about, research and education in accounting and related areas.  

MISSION:
The CAAA's mission is to promote excellence in accounting research and education in Canada.  

VISION:
The CAAA will be essential to Canadian accounting academics by providing a community to support, develop and showcase excellence in accounting research and education.

 

We are moving. Please be advised that the CAAA Head Office is relocating. Our new address, as of February 17, 2012, will be:  245 Fairview Mall Drive, Suite 410 Toronto, ON M2J 4T1

The CAAA Supports:

ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

• The Contemporary Accounting Research* journal publishes leading-edge accounting research

Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR) Joins the Financial Times Journal List  (May 28, 2010)

• The Accounting Perspectives* journal publishes articles on applied research, current issues in the field, and education
• Conferences
• Research grants and awards
• Monographs and special reports

*  The CAAA journals, Contemporary Accounting Research and Accounting Perspectives, are published by Wiley Periodicals Inc, our publishing partner since January 2010. The electronic journals are available on the Wiley Online Library website.

ACCOUNTING EDUCATION

• Annual conference with an education topics stream
• Instructional cases published in the Accounting Perspectives journal
• Annual case writing competition
• Website resources
• Workshops and seminars
• Awards for innovative teaching
• Triannual newsletters

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

• Conferences
• Affiliations with national and international professional and academic bodies
• Job postings of academic accounting opportunities
• PhD student and junior faculty workshops   

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A national dialogue is underway that could unite Canada’s Chartered Accountants and Certified Management Accountants. Combining the organizations’ respective strengths under a new designation - Chartered Professional Accountant - may be the most powerful way to respond to the changing needs of business.  

Learn more and engage in this historic conversation, by visiting: www.CPACanada.ca