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Welcome MFAc Students and Alumni to Join our MFAc Events!

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In order to help you develop your career and internship skills, MIAB (MFAc Internship Advisory Board) plans to offer MFAc students distinct sessions  in seven formats:

  •          1: Career skills - Career preparation  skills (CD)
  •          2: Career skills - Presentation skills using  PowerPoint (PS)
  •          3: Career skills - Excel skills  (E)
  •      4: Book club (BC)
  •      5: Orientation (MO)
  •      6: Excel Instruction program
  •     7: Workshop (W)
  •     8: Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA)

Additional Resource Links
MIAB-MFAc Orientations
Career Skills Sessions 
Technical Skills Programs-Career Skills Confirmation (CSC)
Past Events

Sessions for Summer 2024 are as follows:

SessionTopicsDateTime
MO24-RNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with University UnitsFriday May 3, 20249:30am-12pm
MO25-IP&RNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB CoordinatorsSunday, May 5, 202410am-11:30am
BC25-IPElon Musk by Walter Isaacson, 2023Thursday, May 9, 20246pm-9pm
MO26-RProgram Administration and Student OrganizationsFriday, May17, 202410am-11am
CS138-RZahid Islam: Resume Preparation and InterviewSunday, May 19, 202410:30am-12pm
BC26-IPHow to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen Hardcover – October 24, 2023Thursday, June 6, 20245:30pm
CSS241-RPresentation Basics - Effective DeliverySunday, 16 June 202412pm-1pm
CSS242-RPresentation Basics - Power Points FundamentalsSunday, 16 June 20241pm-2pm
CS139-RTim Storus: Career Preparation and Success-Part OneSaturday, 22 June 202411:30am-12:30pm
CS140-RTim Storus: Career Preparation and Success-Part TwoSaturday, 22 June 202413:30pm-14:30pm
CS141-RSherif Eltramsy:Effective Use of Microsoft TeamsSaturday, June 29, 20243:30pm-4:30pm
PFS2411-RDeveloping Effective Bullets for Presentation SlidesSunday, 30 June 202412pm-1pm
PFS2412-RCreating Slides that Are Visually AppealingSunday, 30 June 20241pm-2pm
PFS2413-RCreating a Presentation to Access a Strategic ProposalSunday, 30 June 20242pm-3pm
PFS2421-RCreating a Presentation to Summarize Financial PerformanceSunday, 7 July 202412pm-1pm
PFS2422 -RCreating a Policy Change ProposalSunday, 7 July 20241pm-2pm
PFS2423 -RCreating a Process Change ProposalSunday, 7 July 20242pm-3pm
BC27-IPPower Failure: The Rise and Fall of General Electric Kindle Edition by William D. Cohan Thursday, 11 July 20245:30pm
PFS2431-RCreating an Executive DashboardSunday, 14 July 202412pm-1pm
PFS2432-RProviding Feedback on a Presentation Deck Provided for You ReviewSunday, 14 July 20241pm-2pm
PFS2433-RCapstone Exercises around Presentation DeliverySunday, 14 July 20242pm-3pm
CS142-RCareer Panel DiscussionSaturday, 20 July 202410am-12pm
BC28-IPBurn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential Audible Logo Audible Audiobook – UnabridgedThursday, 15 August 20245:30pm

Sessions for Winter 2024 were as follows:

SessionTopicsDateTime
MO22-RNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with University UnitsFriday, January 5, 20249:30am-12:00pm
MO23-R&IPNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB CoordinatorsSunday, January 7, 202410:00am-11:30am
BC23-IPWho says Elephants Can't Dance Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround, Louis Gerstner Jr., 2002Thursday, January 25, 20245:30pm-8pm
CS135-RSameen Sattar: How to get your dream job in Canada (Part1)Sunday, January 28, 202410am-11:00am
CS136-RSameen Sattar: How to get your dream job in Canada (Part2)Sunday, February 4, 202410am-11:00am
CS137-RZahid Islam-Resume PreparationSunday, February 25, 202410:30am-12pm
IIA-4Strategic Insights into Audit Planning, Risk Assessments and Best Practices in the Public SectorWednesday, February 28,20249am-10:30am
CSW241Excel basics-navigating through ExcelSaturday, March 2, 20241pm-2pm
CSW242Excel basics-core functionsSaturday, March 2, 20242pm-3pm
BC24-IPElon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Alan Vance, 2015Thursday, March 7, 20245:30pm-8pm
FMW2411Overview + Foundational technical skillsSaturday, March 9, 20241pm-2pm
FMW2412Model design and reflection questionsSaturday, March 9, 20242pm-3pm
FMW2413RevenuesSaturday, March 9, 20243pm-4pm
FMW2421Recap Day 1 + CostsSaturday, March 16, 20241pm-2pm
FMW2422Financial statementsSaturday, March 16, 20242pm-3pm
FMW2423DepreciationSaturday, March 16, 20243pm-4pm
FMW2431Recap Day 2 + Income TaxesSaturday, March 23, 20241pm-2pm
FMW2432Working capitalSaturday, March 23, 20242pm-3pm
FMW2433Debt and equity + Other considerations + Recap all 3 days, exercises, Wrap-upSaturday, March 23, 20243pm-4pm
BC25-IPElon Musk by Walter Isaacson, 2023Thursday, May 9, 20245:30pm-8pm

Our sessions for Fall 2023 were as follows:

MO19-R&IPNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB CoordinatorsFriday, September 1, 202310am-11:30am
MO20-RNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with University unitsFriday, September 8, 20239:30am-12:00pm
MO21-R&IpNew MFAc Student Orientation - Meet with MIAB CoordinatorsFriday, September 15, 202310am-11:30am
CS130-R(CD)Zahid Islam - Resume preparation and behavioural interviewSunday, September 24, 20231pm-2pm
BC20-IP80/20 Your Life: Work less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More by Richard Koch, 2020Wednesday, September 27, 20235:30pm-8:00pm
CS131-R(CD)Tim Storus-Job Application OnlyWednesday, October 11, 20236pm-7:30pm
CS132-IP(CD&PS)Tim Storus-Job Applications and Mock InterviewsWednesday, October 11, 20238pm-9pm
EXF2311Binu Mathai- How to use charts in Excel effectivelySaturday, October 28, 20231pm-2pm
EXF2312Binu Mathai- SolverSaturday, October 28, 20232pm-3pm
EXF2313Binu Mathai- Goal Seek and Data ValidationSaturday, October 28, 20233pm-4pm
BC21-IPAnatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most, by Adam Alter 2023Wednesday, November 1, 20235:30pm-8:00pm
EXF2321Binu Mathai- If, and, or and other logical functionsSaturday, November 4, 20231pm-2pm
EXF2322Binu Mathai- Scenario analysisSaturday, November 4, 20232pm-3pm
EXF2323Binu Mathai- Sensitivity tableSaturday, November 4, 20233pm-4pm
IIA2AI Changes Everything In The Public Sector Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 8:30am-10am
EXF2331Binu Mathai- Vlookup and Hlookup functionsSaturday, November 11, 20231pm-2pm
EXF2332Binu Mathai- Pivot tables and Pivot graphsSaturday, November 11, 20232pm-3pm
EXF2333Binu Mathai- Sorting and subtotalSaturday, November 11, 20233pm-4pm
CS134-R(CD)Sameen Sattar- How to get your dream job in CanadaSunday, November 12, 202310am-12pm
EXF2341Binu Mathai- Getting started with MacrosSaturday, November 25, 20231pm-2pm
EXF2342Binu Mathai- Useful functions and features when dealing with data and navigating through ExcelSaturday, November 25, 20232pm-3pm
EXF2343Binu Mathai- AutofilterSaturday, November 25, 20233pm-4pm
IIA3Doing More with Less: Introduction to Lean and Applicability to Public Sector Internal AuditorsWednesday, December 6, 20238:30am-11am
BC22-IPYour Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, by Hal Hershfield, 2023Wednesday, December 6, 20235:30pm-8:00pm

All events are free to MFAc students and alumni. We want to offer you an opportunity to help develop your career and internship skills as well as help expand your networking through these learning sessions.
FACC6850 requires attendance at 10 classes. 1/3 of each Career Skills (CD/PS/E) module will count up to a maximum of 2 of the 10 FACC6850 class attendance credits. Attendance also counts towards our Career Skills Confirmation (CSC)