BDO donates $56,000 to Memorial University of Newfoundland
September 13, 2011
The Faculty of Business Administration is pleased to announce a partnership with BDO Canada LLP (BDO), and the creation of the BDO Canada Leadership Award, a new scholarship for accounting students.
The scholarship will award the most deserving and motivated accounting students who have distinguished themselves through academic merit and demonstrated a record of involvement in their academic program and communities. It will actively support and encourage academic excellence and leadership among Canada’s next generation of accounting leaders.
The Newfoundland partners, Steve Belanger, Boyde Clarke and Bill McGettigan from St. John’s, and Jeffrey Follett from Corner Brook have contributed their portion of the endowment in memory of their colleague, Robert Fleming, CA.
“It is tremendously rewarding for all of us at the BDO Newfoundland offices to support a scholarship in the memory of our colleague, Robert Fleming. This opportunity is the perfect testament to recognize a leader and it allows us to continue to build our region”, says Belanger of BDO.
The former Newfoundland firm, Belanger Clarke Follett & McGettigan, merged with BDO on January 1, 2011. This merger created a desire to support accounting students in the province, which led to the creation of The BDO Canada Leadership Award.
Keith Farlinger, CEO of BDO in Canada stated: “Our firm has built a strong relationship with Memorial University over the years, consistently hiring students from its reputable accounting program. We have seen the individuals who graduate from Memorial build great careers for themselves based on solid educational backgrounds. Therefore, we are pleased to establish the BDO accounting award at Memorial.”
Dr. Wilfred Zerbe, Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, is pleased that the award will recognize many of the faculty’s students for their achievements and academic excellence. “We sincerely thank BDO for this generous donation to our faculty,” said Dr. Zerbe. “Our commerce program is designed to support the talents of our students whom we believe have the potential to make major contributions to the accounting field.”
BDO is one of the leading accounting and advisory firms in Canada with 90 years of experience providing value-added assurance, accounting, taxation and advisory services to a broad range of clients. With a national team of more than 2,700 partners and professionals, we build strong relationships with businesses and communities from coast to coast. The firm is committed to growth across Canada and to the development of new careers in the challenging accounting profession.
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| About BDO Canada LLP |
BDO is the fifth largest single national accounting and advisory partnership in Canada with 95 offices nationwide. Our professionals have the expertise to serve owner-managed businesses, large enterprises, mid-market public companies, communities and non-profit organizations in a broad range of industries.
BDO Canada LLP, a Canadian limited liability partnership, is a member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms.
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The combined fee income of all the BDO Member Firms, including the members of their exclusive alliances, was $5.03 billion in 2009. The global network has 1,138 offices in 110 countries and more than 46,000 people provide advisory services throughout the world.
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Michelle T. Lee
National Talent Acquisition & Organizational Development Manager
BDO Canada LLP
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Tel: 416 369 6055
Fax: 416 367 3912
mlee@bdo.ca
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