CAUBO provides a wide variety of professional development offerings for the benefit of its members, including our annual conference, online courses, workshops, and webinars. We also produce a Guide to Communications in a University Context, available online in its entirety. Click here to view a list of on-demand webinars.
Upcoming Events
FREE Webinar: New Sustainability Financial Reporting Requirements - Implementation Toolkit - March 27, 2024, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
*Please note that this webinar will be offered in English only and is open only to employees of Canadian universities and colleges or Higher Education associations.
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
The new Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, established in 2023, will be issuing its first two sustainability reporting standards. The new standards will focus on general disclosures integrating enterprise risk with sustainability concepts (IFRS S1), and climate related reporting focused mainly on carbon emissions across all scopes including direct and indirect (IFRS2).
This webinar will provide an overview of the upcoming reporting changes and how universities can adapt existing policies, processes, and structures to prepare for new sustainability reporting requirements. Tools and tips will focus on governance, strategy, integrated enterprise & sustainability risk assessments and scenario considerations, along with measures and reporting. As well, the webinar will include additional guidance on how to shift policies toward sustainability to promote practices aligned with these reporting requirements and other international best practices including the Task force recommendations for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
The presenters will discuss how to leverage existing university structures to incorporate specific sustainability matters, where accounting and auditing professions will require specific sustainability reporting, and how to prepare for the reporting disclosures when the requirements become effective.
There will be opportunities for interaction during the webinar via live polling, and a Q&A session with our academic and practitioner experts will follow the presentation.
This 90-minute webinar is intended for university sustainability, risk, finance, investment, procurement, and administrative professionals, however researchers interested in accounting and reporting sustainability requirements globally and in Canada may also find value in participating.
This CAUBO PD activity may count towards credits for accreditation programs and designations in your field. Visit the CAUBO website for more details.
Presenters:
Deidre (Dee) Henne
Chief Executive Officer
Lead Accretive
Deidre (Dee) Henne is a financial sustainability knowledge leader who helps organizations with governance, strategy, risk, and metrics integration across policies, processes, and public reporting. Dee’s government-sponsored research focuses on responsible investing practices and policy integration. Dee has over 20 years of leadership experience, most recently serving as McMaster University’s Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Vice-President (Administration), where, throughout her leadership, she led transformational systems and process changes focused on sustainability reporting and climate-related disclosures. Dee also facilitated and chaired the Canadian Climate Charter Technical Committee, a consortium of over 15 universities committed to decarbonizing invested asset portfolios. Dee is a CPA/MBA committed to serving the public sector. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband and six children.
Brandon Dickson
Graduate Student
Balsillie School of International Affairs
Brandon Dickson is a SSHRC funded doctoral student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario. He holds an Honours BA in Political Science and English, and a Bachelor of Education from Western University as well as a Masters of Arts in Global Governance from University of Waterloo. Brandon’s research focuses on global sustainability governance with particular focus for how universities interpret and react to global sustainability agendas. Brandon has worked in research since 2017 on projects related to higher education governance, mathematics education, and data science education. His academic contributions include peer-reviewed contributions to journals such as Policy Reviews in Higher Education and the Journal of Professional Capital and Community as well as numerous national and international conferences on higher education policy. Brandon has also received institutional, provincial and national scholarships and awards for his excellence in research.
Join us for CAUBO 2024 in Montreal!
Registration is open now!
From June 3–5, 2024, join your colleagues from across Canada for CAUBO’s 2024 annual conference in cosmopolitan Montreal!
NEW FOR 2024!
Based on member and exhibitor feedback, the Farewell Evening has been replaced with a new Mix and Mingle Reception in the trade show area on Tuesday afternoon. The Welcome Reception kicks off the conference on Monday evening as usual.
Also new this year, the trade show will only be open on Tuesday, so make sure to take the opportunity to chat with sponsors providing services
for the higher ed sector!
If you’ve been waiting to hear more about CAUBO 2024, you can visit the conference website now and get an overview of the conference schedule, full program, registration rates, and review the FAQ section.
We can’t wait to see you in Montreal—join us for CAUBO 2024!
Other Events of Interest
As events become available, CAUBO will provide updated listing of professional development events hosted by other organizations that CAUBO members may find to be of interest. These listings are submitted by the hosting organization and are not endorsed by CAUBO. If you are hosting an event that you would like to see listed here please contact CAUBO’s Professional Development Coordinator Kristine Serjak at kserjak@caubo.ca.
In an effort to expand professional development opportunities, CAUBO has partnered with NACUBO and its Eastern chapter, EACUBO, to offer reciprocal member pricing on events. Visit www.nacubo.org and https://www.eacubo.org/ for a list of upcoming events. If you see an activity that you would like to participate in, click here for details on the discount codes and registration instructions.
Earn Accreditation Credits from CAUBO Professional Development
Members who participate in CAUBO’s professional development offerings can now ask to have them applied as credits towards some accreditation programs and designations in their respective fields. We have engaged with a number of accrediting organizations who have acknowledged CAUBO as an offeror of professional development that may be eligible for their programs.
How do I acquire my credits?
Each individual member will be responsible for assessing whether or not the PD activities you take part in are relevant to your work and/or education requirements. If you believe they are, you must file directly with the specific accreditation body to earn your credits. Generally, the receipt or email confirmation originally provided by CAUBO can serve as proof of registration. Please contact the respective organizations directly to find out more about how to receive your credits.
Which accreditation bodies are participating?
The list of accreditation programs and organizations that may provide continuing education credit for CAUBO professional development activities is below. This list may be incomplete, so if you know of others that should be added, please let us know by emailing kserjak@caubo.ca.
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA)
- Association For Supply Chain Management
- Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP)
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals
- Canada’s Association of I.T. Professionals (CIPS)
- Canadian Institute of Traffic & Transportation (CITT)
- Canadian Payroll Association
- CFA Institute
- Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR)
- CIM Chartered Managers Canada
- CPA Canada
- The Institute of Internal Auditors Canada
- ISACA
- Institute for Supply Management in the US
- LEED Green Associate/LEED AP
- National Institute of Government Procurement (NIGP)
- Ontario Public Buyers Association (OPBA)
- Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
- Supply Chain Canada
If you have questions about this accreditation initiative, please contact Kris Serjak at events@caubo.ca.